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“Yes, for I knoas horrid to you yesterday early on, but I was in a terrible e You must call me Sophy, what shall I call you?”

Sassy smiled and said her naaze

“Sassy? What is that for?”

“Sassandra”

“Why—how divine, and horetchedly jealous I am, for how can my insipid name compare to such as that?” she complained, half in earnest

“Sophia is a lovely name,” Percy said at once and most sincerely as he came to take his place beside her once more

Not to be outdone, Lord Grey jumped to the occasion “Exquisite na”

“Oh o on so, puppy?”

“I thought his co, Percy, and do not appreciate you referring toas mush!” the lady in question complained with a pout

Again, Sassy’s eyes found the ain a to do? He was the man of her dreams She knew that, for whatever reasons, he had been chosen by her inner ic to be her mate Would he feel the same about her? She was so completely mesmerized by him, but was it real?

Suddenly Sophy took Sassy’s arm and pulled her aside “Come, Sassy, let us leave these awful ether”

Sassy allowed herself to be guided down the aisle until they arrived at an empty pew Sophie pulled at her sleeve and said, “Here”

It seeht dull and uninspired, so very different than her father’s ser outdoors

During the longabout her father and how much she missed him Unbidden, a tear formed and fell, and for one moment, Sassy’s composure was threatened

She felt alone, so totally alone Feeling thusly, she inched away fro between her two admirers at her back