"Ah, Allen, there you are." Taya gave her a clipped smile. "You have good skill with medicine. You will attend to the newest servant of Lucefina." Taya's words left no chance for questioning. "If she slips up, her life is void." She could anticipate Allen's rebuttle.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF0000">Antoinette rode him, eager to tell her father about her encounter with the prince. How badly are royals slipping up? Would her father be in royal service again soon? She catches the stable hands off guard when she dismounts Pompeo and lets them take care of him instead of doing it himself. Her father would probably be in his study, so that's where she heads. To alert him to her presence Antoinette knocks on the door before waiting for his permission to enter.</span>