Abel stayed until lunch before Aries called for Gustav to assist her husband outside the Vandran estate. Aries was told that a small unit of knights came to the Marquess' residence to fetch the emperor in secret. Hence, she didn't have to send him off herself, and also they still need to be discreet about their affair until things settled down.
"My lady." Aries snapped her eyes when a knock came from outside the door. Sitting leisurely on the settee, she watched Gustav enter. The latter stopped several steps away from the coffee table, bowing.
"Did he leave?" she asked, watching the head butler straighten his back.
"Yes, my lady. He said he will be back in the evening."
