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“I’ll help,” he said softly “We have so you to the demons here With you back and…how you’ll act toward me in public, they’ll be content to play with us for a while”

I nodded and thought about leaning back into his war to stand by the door

“I’ll join you here tohost of a save the last batch to the hardest-hit village I haven’t heard the results yet We’ll put together ses to try As soon as they request er batches while they try to ht have to show theh, I want you looking…” His gaze slid overthe part”

I earing his old clothes again because he’d ruined ravated ht a bit of comfort to my turbulent life

“You’re going to try to putheart

“You don’t like dresses?”

“I like the is not that time or place”

“What is that time and place, then?”

I shrugged “A nice dinner A ball A date, I don’t know Things we don’t have anymore”

“First, I didn’t mean put you in dresses, no I meant that you should wear clothes actually es will expect from a representative of the royal court You’ve already beenthe clothes just around the castle Second, we can certainly plan a nice dinner I get a least a night off ayour date”

My belly flipped over as he left, the sun showering down on the white shirt spanning his broad shoulders Talk about hot and cold

I shook my head and looked around He’d said he would help ht as well get started

By the ti worked feverishly all afternoon I’d hunted down some canisters that would work and prepared the departure He found

“It’s ti across the workstation His brow furrowed “What is this?”

“So” I unstuck my hair fro issue I’ve prepared and redients Come here, I’ll show you”