Chapter 51

Simone remembered going to sleep at a reasonable time, but figured her muscles were too sore for her to get up and start a new day. When Athena came in with breakfast or lunch at about noon, she announced that the princes were requesting all the girls' presence in the study room. Surprise, surprise.
Her stomach cramped, and she blamed the stupid corset for caging her in. Throwing on whatever was in plain sight in her closet, Simone walked out of her room with a biscuit in her hand.
Her eyes landed on the comfy couch in the back of the study room, and she threw herself on it.