Part 2

Rebecca was in the middle of dinner when Sergei entered the dining hall. This alone was unexpected, as she thought he had already left for the night. Even more unexpected was when he came over.

"Please come to the dungeon when you are finished your meal, Duchess." Sergei whispered, before bowing and leaving immediately.

Outwardly, Rebecca made no reply, but inwardly she was intensely curious. What was going on? She adjusted her corset and grabbed another plate of food, deciding to prepare. Hopefully nobody would notice the cup size increase.

"Everything okay, Rebecca?" Heather asked. Seeing a nod from Rebecca, he decided to stay out of it. He'd just ask Victoria later.

Rebecca caught Hamlin's eye and gave the hand signal for him to distract everyone after dinner with a story. He nodded, and cleared his throat in acknowledgement.

Jacob watched this all occur and chuckled. They were so obvious, like children playing pretend.

After dinner, and once Hamlin had engaged those that needed distracting, Rebecca slipped away to her bedroom to change. Throwing off her dress immediately, her corset was squeezing her badly.

"Maybe I ate too much." She said, wheezing. c