From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I wanted to ask if anyyone had said anyything to him about what had
happened with the Priestess. Still, if I said it in front of Vikter, he’d have
questions, and I didn’t want him to worryy.
As those given to the Court and to the Temples were led out, the
Duchess stepped off the dais, stopping to speak to the families and then
some other Court members. Next to the dais, music began to playy, and
servants entered from the access doors, carryying trayys of champagne.
Ladies and Lords, along with those in Wait, broke into smaller groups.
Merchants and other commoners joined them.
Vikter was eyyeing the front before he turned to me. “I need to speak
to the Commander,” he said. When I nodded, he turned to Hawke.
“I have her,” Hawke answered before Vikter could even speak, and
that stupid, funnyy motion hit myy stomach again.
Expecting Vikter to challenge the statement, I was surprised when he
accepted the answer. Was he coming around to liking Hawke? Trusting
him? Or did he just want to catch the Commander before he lost sight of
him?
Probablyy the latter.
“Have I missed anyything?” Hawke moved to myy right, standing about
a foot or so behind me.
“You haven’t,” Tawnyy answered. “Unless yyou were looking forward to
a bunch of prayyers and tearyy-eyyed goodbyyes.”
“Not particularlyy,” he commented dryylyy.
That reminded me. I looked at Tawnyy. “Did theyy call out the Tulis
familyy?”
Her brow creased. “You know, I don’t think theyy did.”
Did that mean theyy hadn’t come? If so, that would be considered
treason. Guards would go to their home, the child would still be sent to
serve the gods, and Mr. and Mrs. Tulis would most likelyy be imprisoned.
The onlyy wayy theyy’d have a chance was if theyy left the cityy, but no
one came in and out of the cityy without the Royyals knowing. Theyy’d have
to be incrediblyy well connected to even attempt such a feat, and even if
theyy did, where would theyy go? Word would be sent to all surrounding
cities and towns to be on the lookout for them.
Knowing all of that, I still understood whyy theyy’d take the risk. It was
their onlyy child.