Rosalind's stomach twisted. She quickly pulled herself away from the opening because she now knew she had to warn Rowan somehow.
Below her, Alaric's eyes suddenly narrowed slightly toward the ceiling.
"Haven't I ordered the pests in this palace to be exterminated already?" he asked coldly.
Even the advisor stiffened slightly at the dark tone in his voice before their conversation slowly shifted toward complaints about rats inside the walls.
Meanwhile Rosalind continued moving quickly through the passageways and eventually she reached the area above the dungeons.
The deeper she moved into that part of the palace, the darker and colder everything became until finally she located the section where Rowan was being kept. Rosalind carefully removed the covering above the cell and immediately Rowan's eyes snapped upward at the sound.
She slowly lowered her legs first.
