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“Don’t apologize Just watch what you say You’re in a royal household I’ll call you what I want”

I saw her back stiffen Her heels clacked against thein ainst the wall next to the coat of arht could watch me fuck her Watch her come hard as I defiled the family heirlooms

“Here” I pressed the small of her back “The library”

Her gasp orth everything She stood at the entrance I’d never thought about what this rooh the veil of solimpse Her aas palpable

She walked toward the shelves, careful not to touch any of the voluers hovered just short of the spines

“These are a I can’t believe this collection There are books in here that must be over a hundred years old I-I’m speechless”

I stuffed my hands in my pockets “You can touch the books, Molly”

She shook her head “No I couldn’t They’re too precious The history of these texts is priceless”

I walked toward her I wrapped h hers She sighed intoover a cru hardback

She gasped slightly when she saw the cover, then giggled “You would pick Cantar de mio Cid Such a classic rebel”

“Not breaking any literary laws I take it?”

“Not with this one I can’t believe this is real” She leaned intoIt forlass dome

I couldn’t remember the last tiave a shit about ancient texts or as in here How many copies of Shakespeare were there? Did we have Keats and Kipling? How extensive were our American authors?

I straightened her shoulders so that she was standing upright

“I have lunch with the prime minister” I don’t knohy I felt like I needed to explain my absence I didn’t share my schedule with anyone I never had