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He’d struck an interesting chord, it seeain, unable to resist "Someone has to take responsibility for you You can’t be trusted not to cause a scene"

She stopped at that Turned to him "I don’t cause scenes"

His brows shot up "All you do is cause scenes, love"

"I’m not your love," she said, her hands fisted at her sides

"You"I am drawn to more feminine specih to be called such--and King wanted to take the words back They weren’t accurate She was perfectly feminine Indeed, as she accepted the blow of his words, there was so that one did not immediately notice

Not that he cared He wasn’t interested in her femininity

She was obstinate as hell andhe did not care for, it os And it was unsettling, as she didn’t sees were easily hurt Indeed, she alking again, all straight spine and stiff shoulders, guard up

It was a ruse Designed to keep hi the truth

He knew it, because he’d used a si about her

He called after her "You can’t walk all the way back to London"

"That shohat you know," she said without breaking her stride "I’ back to London I’ in this direction, you’re not," he said, before the fullof her words sank in "Wait North? Why?"

She stopped "This is north"

"No," he said "It’s south"

She peered down the dark road "You’re certain?"

"Quite Why are you heading north?"

She pivoted and began herho woeneral knowledge of geography"

"Well, you lack a knowledge of direction, it appears, so one does wonder" She did not waver from her purpose They walked for several hts of the Fox and Falcon

King couldn’t help himself "If not London, where is ho at? He was headed to Cuhters

The nicknah hihters--rich, but not nearly quality They’d need to purchase their aristocratic es or steal them, and the fastest way to steal a title was to ruin oneself in the are ride to Cuerous, indeed

Christ He’d been right earlier that evening The girl was after hi her to the er "So it was a plan To trapyour pardon?"

"How did you knoas headed to Cuive up that information as well?"

"You’re headed to Cuaze on her "Coy isn’t attractive on you, Sophie" He deliberately left the title she was due off her name