Kaiden glanced toward the open doorway before returning his attention to his mother.
"Yunohana came with me. She's giving us a little privacy."
Around the corner, Yunohana closed her eyes. Now that her hostess knew she was standing in the hallway, waiting until breakfast began to seem considerably less proper than coming forward to greet her.
She took a breath and released her aura suppression. Vespera's attention went straight to the corner by the stairs, where the shrine maiden emerged with her folded fan held before her.
Each of the few steps to the bedroom gave Yunohana another opportunity to regret coming. She stopped at the doorway and bowed to Vespera, her carefully prepared greeting escaping in a rather smaller voice than intended.
"Good morning, Lady Ashborn. I hope we haven't disturbed your rest too terribly."
"Tsukikage."
"Yes."
Her son had arrived before sunrise with a beautiful woman in a pale blue dress, and Vespera looked from him to Yunohana.
