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“That’s not what I’ at all”

“Yes you are,” they say in unison

Caw I glare at the trees where a Raven I know to be Cristobal is perched, keeping an eye on our visiting guests incognito The sound draws me back todoor Was he there even then? “You’ve got so water threatening to cook us”

“Even the ani so stubborn and realize we only want to help,” Sacha says

“I refuse to change who I am I tried that once, and it didn’tfor the hills, reet me warts and all”

“No one expects that But you can change the way you approach things,” Fel responds quickly

“How so?”

“Look before you leap, and let soer You’re not indestructible or so easily replaced,” she says gently

Her worry echoes Cristobal’s

“I was never meant to be a princess in a tower”

“No, but there’s got to be a medium between first on the frontline and hidden away in the castle”

Her words strike a chord “I’ll try ive her She sh I feel Cristobal’s content habit of constantly getting what he wants I sniff indignantly and put a wall up between us in the bond I’ hi his way I’m his partner, not another member of the court who must obey his every command The conversation from the hospital remains in the front of

Two Days Prior

“I’ injured while I’m away”

I swiers twitch, and I fight against the urge to return to slule to peel them up Cristobal’s face comes into view, and my soul rejoices