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It ell pastsince dispersed Davian had not joined the to eat alone, as he’d done for over a week now Tonight he’dmuch of an appetite

Ignoring Sheena’s question, he asked, “Have you been to the village?”

“Not since the night of the battle” Sinking into a chair at one of the long, wide tables that sat fifty, she said, “I feel bad about that I chastised Jade and told her she wasn’t in this alone, and then I stopped seeing her That’s not how friends treat each other”

Davian h… He’d not spoken with the woht, either Therefore, he took great interest in Sheena’s reason for her actions “Why haven’t you gone to see her?”

The vaaze lifted to meet his “Why haven’t you?”

Davian pushed aside his plate Surprisingly, his answer caht “I’ll cave if I do I’ll let her convincemy orders And I’m not inclined to let her off the hook”

“But you’ll forgive her someday, won’t you?”

He stood “Forgiveness isn’t the issue I owe her that, if for no other reason than the things I’ve done that she’s forgiven e her to continue doing as she pleases, without ht to her own safety”

“I disagree,” Sheena said in a low tone

He stared at her, perplexed “Meaning?”

“She’ll be this way regardless of whether or not you condone or condee her,you admire about her?”

She left the dining hall without another word Davian hung his head and sighed With a half-snort, he wondered why he hadn’t taken a page froiven Jade and fallen in love with a woman with an obsequious veneration One ould revere hih to the point of subservience

But then a senti came back to him

How boring would I be if I obeyed every command you issued?

Jade Deville could never be boring