#Chapter 59: The New Order

Soon, Roman is called away and Corinne returns to the room to help me get changed. Surprising to me still, Roman left the knife in my possession. I covered it with the jeweled sheath and hold it, even as I follow Corinne into the closet to pick out the day’s outfit.

“I have news,” she says.

“Oh?”

“The handmaidens, we all talk,” Corinne says. “Almost all of the other harem members don’t pay us any