"When are you supposed to depart?" Barbara asked.
"In a week or less," he responded.
Barbara nodded, her thoughts consumed by the person he had found. Was it possible that Venom was the one apprehended? If it was her, did that mean Kristie had also been captured by him? Numerous questions raced through her mind as she contemplated how to uncover the truth.
"Lord Kaisar!"
Both Barbara and Kaisar looked at the marquis hurrying in their direction. She frowned, seeing the urgency in her father's expression, but shifted her body to the side, not wanting to interact with him.
Bernat rushed outside into the brisk evening air, his mind swirling with unease. They had hardly calmed Aurora down. The murmurs from within felt like a distant echo, overshadowed by the turmoil that had befallen his family. He spotted Kaisar standing near the garden path, the shadows of the trees cloaking him in a veil of contemplation.
