Chapter 43 Yekaterina

"Training is cancelled today," Zinaida announces abruptly as soon as Dmitri, Giacomo, and I have taken our seats at the breakfast table. Giacomo arches an eyebrow quizzically. "Is that so?" he inquires. Zinaida nods, her eyes daring him to contradict her. "Well then, in that case, I should like to go back to bed, if Your Ladyship has no objection." Zinaida and Wesley seem to have a short conversation with their eyes. They ve both been present for almost every meal in the week that has passed since Dmitri told me about the letter she received from her family. I don t like it. Are they practising to try to convince this Yekaterina that we are a loving, close-knit, happy family? They won t fool anyone. Although, it must be said, compared to the "family" I lived with in Grandmother s chateau, this really is quite a loving, close-knit, happy family. "I see no reason why you should not," Zinaida relents, more easily than anticipated.