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“It’s alright, Rhapsody,” her therapist said soothingly “Everyone panics—-”

“But I’ out in protest “I…Aainst the library walls in ly shrill volume, and her hands flew up to cover her mouth in stunned dismay She had never lost control like this Never!

Her gaze flew to her therapist, words of abject apology on the brink of her lips, but to Rhapsody’s surprise she found the baron’s daughter looking quite unbothered

“Froently, “you sound no different fro ladies with their first taste of romantic trouble”

Rhapsody’s eyes widened

“So if you ask me,” Aurora told her patient, “I think you’ve never beenthat so a bell, and moments later, a maid came back in to serve them tea and place a tiered tray of pastries on the table

“I knohat you’re doing,” Rhapsodyon her second scone

“Oh?”

“You are trying to lulltea”

“The aro frayed nerves,” Aurora acknowledged “Is it working?”

Rhapsody glanced at her ely so”

Her therapist laughed “It’s to be hoped that once you’re done with refreshments, you’ve properly calmed down, and you’re able to listen more effectively to what I have to say”

After taking a sip of her own tea, Aurora reached for her notebook and flipped a few pages back to reread her notes In the past, side her sisters Soleil and Fleur as Trois Belles Lames

But now that Soleil was in her last trinancy, their undercover work had temporarily been placed on hiatus Thank heavens she still had her consultancy work to rely on, Aurora thought, or boredo killed her

Aurora glanced back at her notes So re, she marveled, in just a matter of days It was no wonder her patient had ended up being rather unusually e unexpected at the Baron of Woodmere’s townhouse

Seeing that the girl now appearedbrow “All better now?”

Rhapsody patted herher hands over her lap “I’m ready to listen”

The placidness of Rhapsody’s tone had Aurora biting back a s Rhapsody as meek and docile, but now she knew it only served as the perfect disguise for the girl’s stubborn streak