Lady Morwen Thorne stood near the entrance to the tavern, her hand still resting on the doorframe where she'd stopped upon entering, and she found herself momentarily unable to move.
She should curtsy. She should check to make sure her brother was bowing correctly to show the proper respect to a great lady. In the back of her mind, a tutor shouted at her, listing all of the appropriate etiquette for a noblewoman's first meeting with a peer of significantly higher status…
And she couldn't bring herself to do any of those things, because anything she did would draw attention, and as she watched the scene playing out in front of her, the last thing she wanted to do was to distract Lady Ashlynn from this moment.
