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With my other hand, I lifted a coin frohter ceased, and another chorus of whispers echoed through the roorath?" He rubbed his silver ring as the signs of anxiety washed over his face I nodded at his ring "I stole that froer You remember that, I’m sure It was hours before you noticed You told ible"
"Apparently, little has changed," Veldergrath uards in here? Escort Lord Veldergrath out of this castle" I flipped his coin back at him "Come up with any questions you ain soon, and I prouards appeared on either side of Veldergrath One took his ared thehness Now that I see you up close … there will be no questions" Then, like a scolded dog, he walked out ahead of the guards
"I have questions," a voice said, again behind me This voice I had also heard before It was the one person I least wanted to see, though it was the most inevitable
The betrothed princess Amarinda stood in the center of the aisle I had created by walking there Her hair was h on her head and full of curls and ribbon She wore a square-necked, creaold tones and trimmed to match the ribbon in her hair She would have already heard the bells tolling for the deaths of the royal faine the pain shewho had been chosen as the new ruler of Carthya, and what he would do about her No ht, one thing was certain: She did not expect ave a polite bow "Princess, it is good to see you again"
The hard expression on her face made it clear that she did not feel the same way
Aware of the many eyes on us, I moved closer to her and whispered, "Can we talk?"
Her tone was icy "Talk hoed orphan, or a prince?"
"With me"
"Here in public?" I hesitated and she added, "We’llDance with ht A dance ht be the best shield for the conversation we had to have So I nodded at theWith little atteust, she took in the steps
"The cut on your cheek is still there, though much improved from what it was before," she finally said
"It was never intended that you notice ht," I explained
"Then you should not have spoken to me the way you did"
"I so when to speak and when to keep quiet"
"That’s not true," she snapped Then she took a deep breath and fell back into rhythm with the dance "You had every opportunity to be honest withthat ned it that way"
"I never lied to you that night, not once"