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“Lady Sabrina” His boas precise, Prince to Queen, when both wore Green Jewels Although, with his ability to th was the Purple Dusk that was his Birthright
He worked for her but wouldn’t serve in her court Not officially A roanments for weeks or months to be her eyes and ears—and sometimes her knife His credentials were as substantial as water written on wind At least, the ones he offered containedwas actually known about him beyond his caste and rank
Al Those insubstantial credentials carried the seal of the Queen of Ebon Askavi Whoever he hatever he was, he was known to Jaenelle Angelline, and that was sufficient recommendation for every Territory Queen in Kaeleer
“Please be seated” Sabrina waved a hand at the chair recently vacated by Kermilla
Butler looked at the chair, wrinkled his nose, and fetched another chair from the other side of the room
Sabrina worked to keep heropen “Is there a problem with that chair?” she asked when he’d finally, and fussily, taken a seat “Did she pee on it?”
“It doesn’t appear to be wet,” he replied pleasantly, “but as a whole, I find Lady Kermilla’s scent unpleasant”
He doesn’t like herThat wasn’t surprising, but it orrying
“I understand my orders, and I won’t step outside them,” Butler said, his voice still pleasant “I ah, about why I shouldn’t step outside them”
“Your report first” Which would give her time to decide if she would answer the question inside his last statement
“Lady Kermilla arrived on the first day of Winsol and met with your Steward He made her aware of as available for her use and as not She returned to Bhak and stayed long enough to pack her personal belongings—and express her outrage again over soreturned or sold She spent the days of Winsol at her parents’ house Her family, by the way, is deeply in debt because of the little Queen’s extravagance, so it appears her greed is a character trait rather than an error in judgment She didn’t return to Bhak, so she e” He paused “Why hasn’t she been dealt with?”
“One man’s bitch is another man’s Lady,” Sabrina said
Butler s is usually reversed That is, if you were intending to quote the High Lord”
“The point is, despite the in Dharo that a Queen isn’t entitled to do”
“Beggar her people? Send one of her men to his death? Is that what a Queen is entitled to do, Lady Sabrina?”
“A Queen’s will is the law Where she rules, she can do anything”
“Unless so her?”
“I did stop her She no longer rules Bhak and Woolskin”
“She didn’t want them, so she’ll feel no loss You knohat she wants and where she is going and what she’ll try to do now Why aren’t we stopping her?”