SERPENTINE's POV
**Hidden Machinations—Eternal Eclipse**
Syria and Asborne prepared for her discreet outing that night in a matter of hours. And when nightfall came, Asborne was ready to accompany her to the guest house which was quite some distance from the palace of thorns.
Although the distance hardly mattered.
Serpentine had hardly left the Palace in the last eight years. Apart from a few secret outings here and there, she had managed to maintain her reputation as the 'House Queen' who never left her abode. But she knew soon, that façade too will shatter for all it was worth.
As the carriage she was in jostled forward, she twiddled with her finget rings wondering just how much of her past will haunt her. Her dealings with Vladimir all those years ago had been very discreet. Considering the position of the Seventh High Lord, she didn't suppose he will know of them. But nothing could be left to chance.
