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A seal?

Harry shifted his position ever so slightly, trying to get a better view Was it a royal seal? The Russians did like their royal trappings He supposed the British did, too, but that was neither here nor there She wasn’t being pursued by King George

She glanced at the card in her hands, then moved to set it down on the table beside her

"Don’t you want to open it?"

"I’m sure it can wait I wouldn’t wish to be rude"

"Do not mind me," he assured her He "

She blinked a few ti first at the card and then up at him with a curious expression

"Grand," Harry clarified, thinking his first choice of adjectives had not been well thought

"I knoho it’s froe

He cocked his head, hoping the motion would serve as the question it would be i her finger under the seal "If you insist"

He hadn’t insisted in the least, but he wasn’t about to say anything that e herthe play of emotion across her face She rolled her eyes once, let out a sroaned

"Unpleasant news?" Harry inquired politely

"No," she said "Just an invitation I’d rather not accept"

"Then don’t"

She shtly Or maybe it was ruefully He couldn’t be sure

"This is more of a summons," she told him

"Oh, come now Who has the authority to issue a summons to the illustrious Lady Olivia Bevelstoke?"

Wordlessly, she handed hiht Pay Attention to Me

By Lady Olivia Bevelstoke

Ruination

Marriage

Neither option was particularly appealing Ruination, for obvious reasons, and e for…well, a whole host of reasons

Reasons Why I Would Not Care to Marry a Russian Prince

By Lady Olivia Bevelstoke