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She rolled her eyes before returning to the topic of Lady Alexandra "I was talking about her obsession with Lord Northwick He’s engaged to her sister, for heaven’s sake"

"Ah, that"

"Ah, that," she round "What is wrong with her?"

George was saved froain, along with a rather vehe

Billie snorted "I can’t believe he thinks he can beat me with a broken arm"

"You do realize that if you win --"

"When I win"

"Should you win, you will look the worst sort of chae of the weakness of others"

She looked at him ide, innocent eyes "I can barely walk rasp on reality"

She grinned "Convenient fordespite hih no one ithin earshot, "you’re on e narrowed his eyes "Since when are there teams?"

"Since today" She leaned closer "We hten me, Billie"

"Don’t be silly, you’re just as competitive as I am"

"Do you know, I don’t think I am"

"Of course you are You just show it differently"

He thought she ht elucidate, but of course she did not

"You don’t want Andrein, do you?" she asked

"I’hed He couldn’t help it She looked so affronted "No, of course I don’t want him to win," he said "He’s my brother But at the sae to ensure the outcome"

She stared at hiave in "Who’s on Andrew’s teahtened up immediately "No one That’s the beauty of it He won’t know that we’ve formed an alliance"

"There is no way this ends well," he said, sending the words out to the world at large

He was fairly certain the world was not listening

Billie set the last wicket into place "This one’s evil," she told him "Overshoot and you’re in the rosebushes"