Alice was really worried she was already lost.
She was honored to be allowed to come on this trip with the family she’s served for nearly a decade, but that didn’t mean she didn’t feel like a fish out of water. She was used to being surrounded by royalty, of course, but only one royal family. Now that there were this many, she was worried about potentially hurting the reputations of her masters; different countries had different customs and etiquettes.
And now she was a handmaid that was lost in a palace that wasn’t her usual workplace.
She turned one corner, than another, then another until she accidentally ran into someone. Her eyes went wide and she immediately curtsied subserviently. “I’m so sorry,” she said, keeping her eyes down for a moment to show that she did, in fact, know her place before looking up to meet their eyes.