KATHERINE

"…She’s innocent! You have to believe me, I need to see the Duke, I beg you! The ducal carriage! Your Eminence, please, listen to me!"

"Stop, you crazy woman! Don’t you dare approach Her Ladyship!"

The commotion reached my ears—the desperate cries and shouts of a woman.

I opened the door and leaned out.

There she was, just a few meters away—a young woman, restrained by two guards, pinned to the dusty ground with her hands bound.

"Stop this!" I shouted, grabbing my dress and nearly lea