It had barely twenty minutes, when Lilith found Adena in the sitting room, still looking somewhat shell-shocked from the entire exchange.
"I heard there was a bit of a scene at lunch," Lilith said, settling into the seat across from her with the composed, unbothered grace she carried into every room.
"It wasn't that bad," Adena mumbled, though her expression suggested otherwise.
"Mm." Lilith reached into the small box she'd brought with her and withdrew a familiar object, the duchess's stamp, cool and heavy, catching the light briefly before she set it down on the table between them. "Madam has decided to hand this over to you for the tea party preparations."
Adena blinked, sitting up straighter. "Wait — really?"
