Florian watched her eyes carefully.
Not her smile.
Her eyes.
"They told me she might still be working here," Florian added gently, as if the question meant nothing.
"Oh no," Elianna replied, shaking her head slightly. "I sent her a letter some time ago. I wanted her to return to me permanently as my personal maid."
She gave a small, almost amused breath.
"I was under the impression she left for the Diamond Palace. I assumed she accepted a position there."
Silence stretched between them.
'Diamond Palace?' Florian repeated inwardly. 'But she never arrived.'
And from everything he had been told, Farah had made it here.
At least, she was supposed to have.
"So you haven't seen her recently?" he asked carefully, keeping his tone light.
"I have not," Elianna answered without hesitation.
It came too easily.
Too smoothly.
Or maybe he was just imagining it.
'Is she lying?' Florian wondered. 'Or does she genuinely not know?'
