When you looked at the clock, it was 5:42. And you had to be at the palace by sunrise, at 6:25.
"You best hurry, Alayne. You wouldn't want to be late." Embrosia said.
"Oh! Alayne, when you do get there; could you tell Ingaciro to stop by here for me?" Your father asked.
Ingaciro, or Ciro for short, was one of the butlers for the other prince, also one of your older siblings.