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For now

She heard the unspoken warning “I’ve been traveling o to e forweb I want to talk to Sabrina before she becoets her duties as a Queen”

Gallard sucked in a breath, but in the end he escorted her to the guest roo

She would talk to Sabrina and get this htened out so that she could enjoy soo hoht she onderful, and she could count on her father to give her enough marks to tide her over

CHAPTER 33

KAELEER

Kermilla stood at the parlorin her parents’ house and watched the snow fall It was a roomy house, the kind typically owned by a couple who came from secondary branches of aristo families and wanted to maintain the social connections that would be an asset to their children

Social connections were of no use to her right now At least, not until sheher some help

She should have left early on the first day of Winsol as she’d intended to do But she’d wrangled with that thrice-daet access to her clothes—which was insulting beyond words—andthen discovered ht before going to Dena Nehele weregone Not stolen by the servants, as she’d first suspected No, so even worse The jewelry that hadn’t been paid for yet had been returned to the jewelers The dresses and forowns that hadn’t been worn had been sent to shops in other Provinces to be sold in order to pay for the clothes shehad worn

Thank the Darkness she’d had two trunks of autumn and winter clothes sent to her in Dena Nehele The damn nosy Stewards hadn’t foundthose clothes and they never would

By the tiotten that sorted out and taken a Coach to Sabrina’s residence, the Queen of Dharo was gone and her thrice-damned Steward refused to reveal her location, even when Kerency

The Steward, of course, offered to hear her out

The man had no balls, no sex, and no heart He listened caln of interest or concern He didn’t respond to flirting or to pouts or any other tool that usually proved useful when dealing with men

He listened Then he told her what financial arrangements Lady Sabrina had authorized for Kermilla and her court

The private side of the Queen’s house in Bhak would be reopened for KereneralThat included the wages for the butler, housekeeper, cook, maid, footman, coach Kermilla’s personal maid Food for the Queen and the First Circle ere in residence, as well as for the servants, would also be paid for by the Territory Queen Kermilla would be responsible for the expense of any entertainment held at the house

Income? Had Lady Kermilla discussed the situation in Bhak and Woolskin with her own Steward? Yes? Then the Lady are that there was no incoone into paying down the re debts

Insulting, insufferableher like a child who had overspent her allowance! Yes, just like that but neverever acknowledging that the allowance hadn’t been adequate to begin with!

She’d gotten no satisfaction fro her an appointment to meet with Dharo’s Queen the day after Winsol ended