Luciana reached the palace gates in no time, but the place looked like it was as usual. Guards were stationed at the entrance, and the inspection officers who were inspecting people who came in and out of the palace kept working as usual at a leisurely pace.
Luciana stared at the long path in front of her and at the palace gates and saw that there was no one in sight, and her heart trembled.
'She was late; Nicholas had left!' She inwardly cried. She saw that James had come to stand beside her on another horse, but she paid him no attention.
She just kept looking ahead onto the road, contemplating if she would be able to bolt through those doors and go after her husband.
She needed to warn Nicholas that this was a trap set by David. In her previous life, Nicholas had been later accused as the mastermind of the rebellion.
