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Sabara stirred withinme that eren’t alone That I was never alone Don’t trust her, she warned on a dark gust that made me shudder Don’t trust any of them

But it was Sabara I didn’t trust Sabara aited for her opportunity to take ht ambassadors later, I finally found ed to slip away fro of royal emissaries

"I’m not sure I can do this," I whispered "I think soht be crazy"

"Who’s crazy?" Brook asked, keeping her voice low

"The queens, Brook Hestia calls me Ludania And the way they talk to each otherThis whole thing is just soThey’re sostrange"

Brook pulled me away fro wistfully "Think about the kind of lives they’ve had, everyone bowing down to the whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted Hoeird would that be?"

I raisedher that was my life now "It is weird"

"Yeah, but you’ve only been dealing with it for a few ulanced around toup that way I for anything"

"I can’t," I adine what it would be like to spend the rest ofdifferent I suppose it made sense that their views of the world would be somewhat distortedtheir perceptions warped

Still, I didn’t kno much more I could take

"Well, trust me, if you were unco you, and you’ve charmed the pants off everyone, Charlie" Brook reached out and smoothed a strand of rin was back "It isn’t all bad, is it?"

"Honestly?" I asked, biting ht donwho then spit at my feet And I’m not even sure she’s the one who spits I think she just didn’t like nored her "And then I ale backward bow to Eood way

"I don’t get it, Brook Why can’t we just? I don’t know, say ‘hello’ like everyone else? Why do there have to be so h I can see why Xander enlisted her help against Sabara"

Aron found us then, slipping out of the buzzing coirl in the red dress was still on his arirl? She cleans up nice"