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His eyes moved back to me
“What’s at the bottom of the cliff?”
After a long silence, he gave a subtle shake of his head “I have no idea, M’lady”
“Ryker”
As if he didn’t hear a word I said, he continued to feel up the servant against the wall, groping her through her dress as he kissed her like they were the only two people in the rooh they were in a hallway
A hallway that everyone used
“Let the poor girl come up for air”
Ryker finally let her go with an annoyed sigh
She scurried away back to the kitchens, and he turned to me, dressed in his tunic and breeches, his looks similar to mine because of the blood we shared His eyes were now lifeless as he looked at me “Yes?”
“I’ sister, you know”
“Your point?”
“Maybe you shouldn’t feel up the servants in front of me”
“Maybe you shouldn’t stare,” he shot back
“Look, I’ht you should know”
“You are?” His hostility dropped, and he came closer “Where are you off to?”
“I’ some lady stuff at the Capital” I walked down the hallway and took the stairs down to the next floor
He kept my stride “Lady stuff?”
“You knoe discuss our future husbands over tea”
“Sounds boring”
“Yeah, but I’ll get to see so”
“Friends?” he asked incredulously
I nudged him in the side
He chuckled “I can’t picture you with a husband”
“Me neither”
“Too high-maintenance”
“I a difference”
“Well, I want a ho puts up with all my bullshit”
“Then you shouldn’t expect a very good woman”
He looked at me, his eyebrows raised
“How remarkable can a woman be if she’s a pushover? If she accepts less than what she deserves? Trust me, you don’t want that You want a woman who calls you out on your shit and makes you a better man”
“Then let me ask this Do you want a man who calls you out?”
“I wouldn’t marry him unless he did” I made it to the double doors and stepped inside The library was abandoned because no one ever used it Ryker had never been interested in books, and none of my father’s associates seemed to value it either When I’d asked where all these books had come from, my father said they were from our ancestors