The fortress was buzzing before I even left my rooms.
Whispers followed me through every corridor and conversations abruptly ended whenever I approached. Servants exchanged knowing looks while nobles lowered their voices, although none of them lowered them quite quickly enough.
Word of the balcony confrontation had spread through Dragonspire like wildfire. Everyone knew that Vivienne had challenged me. More importantly, everyone knew Draven had sided with me.
I was beginning to suspect that privacy did not exist within royal courts. Lyra walked beside me as we crossed one of the upper bridges overlooking the fortress.
"You caused quite a stir." She said.
"I did not cause anything." I replied and Lyra laughed softly.
"That is not how the court sees it." She said and I sighed and leane
