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"I think you have a crush onyou soft in the head"
"You think he’s top-notch"
I refuse to answer; my lips are closed My cold shoulder has been known to freeze people to death
"I’ to say, ‘Ja on you, Edward, because Princess Lenora is totally gone for you’"
Like a cobra striking, I reach up and yank a few strands of his hair out, at the nape of his neck where it’ll really hurt
"Ow! Fucking hell!"
"I’ll have you killed I know people I’e--don’t push ot"
I flop back on the grass, shrugging "That’s a sacrifice I’, Thorass beside me, our heads just a few inches apart
"I think Winston fancies you," he says softly
Maddox Winston is the newest addition to my personal security team He’s mysterious in a cold, brusque sort of way Ru the war
I roll lances at me "No, truly The way he watches you"
"He’s on my security team--he’s supposed to watch me"
Thonore that coht, just a thousand silver-white dots of light glowing brilliantly And I think about Edward’s letter
"Do you ever wish you could trade places with Edward? That you had left and he had stayed here?"
In the diht, Thomas’s face is as pale as the stars--it el
"No I couldn’t serve in the military because of the asththe Rourke money Parliament is my chance to do that To make a difference, leave my mark And maybe if I do it well, someone somewhere will remember me I think I’d like thatto be remembered"
I turn my head toward him
"I’ll remember you"
He smiles softly "Well, that’s one person, at least"
"I’m heir to the throne, silly My remembrance is worth a thousand commoners’"
Thomas snorts "What about you? Do you ever wish you were Miriam?"
Miriam went a little mad after Mother died If I’m a rule-breaker now, she’s a full-out revolutionary So trousersand no bra Yesterday she was caught for the second time this month with a boy in her room--an earl’s son we’re actually distantly related to--a fourth so-or-other twice removed Father’s ready to box her up and ship her to a convent on the next train out
"No, I wouldn’t trade places with Miriaoing to be able to do a first anything is always hard, but I’e the world"
I tilt my head back to the sky, but in reen and deep purple and fiery orange-red