A Poisoned Apology

Not long after Kael left, a waitress came over to Maeve and handed her a note. "Excuse me, a lady asked me to give this to you," she said.

Maeve took the note and saw the words on it. [Meet me in the garden.]

She squinted, crumpled the note into a ball, and tossed it on the floor. Looking around, she spotted Isabella chatting gracefully with a few ladies not far away, but Elise was nowhere to be s