Irene shouldn't have been hurt that others had discovered something she had been looking for for ages. Not only that, but it was a Hydrogian apprentice rather than one of the ones from Chemois who were dying to know if people were left behind in the tower.
The rumors that there was a light in the Duke's Tower were only that. Each time she and Leif were on the wall, she diligently watched the field as well as the tower's windows, hoping to catch a glimpse of something.
A sign of survival? How would anyone survive in that place teeming with monsters?
Who was it?
"Which maid?" Irene asked desperately.
There were a few possibilities. She heard that Ingrid escaped the tower. Had Rosalind as well?
