I should have taken my chances in the dungeon, or fled into the Everfree. The Princess probably would have quit looking after a while. Her eyes flicked towards the balcony window. She could leap towards it, cast a couple of smoke spells to disorient Luna, and hide behind a curtain before the smoke cleared. A misdirection—the Princess probably would assume she’d jumped out the window and look there. She could make it into the main chambers before Luna looked back. After that, it was just a matter of beating her down the stairs and into the keep . . . where she’d be mobbed by Royal Guards.