Chapter 379: A change in the manor (4)
"Your hair is damp from the snow melting. Are you sure you don’t want to have a warm bath?" Heidi asked as she dried Annalise’s hair with a cloth. She worried about Annalise becoming sick after this.
They were in Rafael’s bedroom which had changed to also being Annalise’s bedroom this morning to warm up Annalise with the fireplace.
"No. It will be dried soon. Did you succeed with what I instructed you to do?" Annalise asked, leaning on the arm of the chair she sat on.
"One of them. I was able to find out where the dungeon is and learn that Rafael went there yesterday with his father. As I told you, you can get all the answers you seek with a little seduction. The knight told me more than I was looking for. You will save me if Rafael gets upset with me for telling you, right?" Heidi asked.
If Rafael did not want Annalise to know where the dungeon was, he might get angry with her for helping Annalise.
"He will not be angry with you. He might be impressed that I found out about it. And what about the things being said in town? Did you hear anything about Travis?" Annalise asked.
She couldn’t walk around the town as she wanted without Rafael since she might become Travis’s target. Not that Annalise minded. Instead of making a fuss to leave, Annalise was counting on Heidi to gather what she needed to know.
Who better to get answers from than maids who liked to gossip and sometimes shared gossip with maids from other homes? Getting what she needed to know was free when she used the maids.
"I have not heard of anything special other than the party. Everyone is looking to see how grand his home is and now that it is known he is Lady Beatrice’s brother, they are curious why he is here. There are rumours that a woman will soon wed Rafael. I don’t think the woman they mean is you," Heidi answered.