After dinner, the sisters left the dining hall together. Shana followed a little later, waiting until the servants had begun clearing the table before she rose from her chair.
Ulrich had given her a room within the estate. She still found that difficult to believe, though she suspected he had chosen it for practical reasons rather than generosity. Having her live elsewhere would mean arranging an escort, deciding how she was to travel, and ensuring she could arrive whenever the girls needed a lesson. Keeping her in the house avoided all of that. He did not seem like a man who would make extra work for himself merely to remind her that she had once been his prisoner.
Whatever his reasons, the room was hers to use.
