Juliette quietly brooded as additional concerns arose, though there was no outward sign of it as she mingled with various minor nobles and officials. Lenally did not seem even slightly taken aback by the accusations against LeChance—either she knew something Julie did not, or she had misplaced confidence in the assassin’s loyalty to Aserit. The soldier especially did not appreciate LeChance filling Lenally’s head with a bunch of nonsense about a fictitious battle—ideas like that just seemed to increase the likelihood that she would be overly reckless if she ever did see combat.<br/><br/>Then Gerrard swooped in on the poor girl. Julie fervently wished her half-brother would at least hold off a few days, and wait for things to calm down before being so brash. His attentions could easily cause yet another incident. But she suspected there would be no talking to him on this subject, so there was no rush to try.<br/><br/>The one thing in the room the princess did appreciate was seeing Henrik and Erin dance—she would have thought the former would have taken himself too seriously to dance at all. There was always the possibility Juliette would be married off to the younger Aserit prince, so it was reassuring to see him behaving normally.