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"Seeing you with Elle will be enough"

Severin bowed "If you need anything seek out Burke He is discreet and will grant you whatever you desire"

"Thank you, and take care, Your Highness I look forward to your return"

"Thank you, for everything, My Lady," Severin said before leaving his roorace he hadn’t lost with his transforuards outside Lucien’s study eyed Severin but made no move to stop him when the obviously displeased prince threw the door open without knocking

Lucien looked up from the couch he was dramatically sprawled across "Oh, Severin, it’s you Perfect ti to hold another ball this week Since you did nothing but stand in a corner at the last four I thought you ht want to escape it and run off to--"

"Lucien"

"What? Are you going so Severin’s pack and accessories

"Yes I’ht?"

"No Elle"

"I fail to see the difference, they’re the sa"

"No, they aren’t Elle is a person, not a nuer be subject to your fits of fancy," Severin said, resting the butt of the crossbow on the back of a chair

"I know that You paid off her contract," Lucien frowned

"Also ill not be going to ith Arcainia It will ruin our foreign alliances, place undue stress on our citizens, and sacrifice soldiers who did not join our ar you another toy It’s a foolish idea I won’t support it, and I will fight it with every piece of power and influence I possess," Severin vowed, his eyes aler

Lucien briefly pursed his lips "Okay," he agreed