EXCERPT: “I see the way you look at her, Edric. Your eyes follow her, you dance the longest dances with her, and now, you’re sending her presents. I’ve known you too long not to know that this is unlike you. You’re not Kael. You don’t fraternize with the Affiliates who parade themselves in front of you, hoping for a scrap of your time. Yet here you are with this Cyrene. What is she to you?” Daufina asked. At her question, Edric paced the long room. She watched him through the silence and wondered what he was thinking. “You told me once that you would inform me if you wanted to take a mistress—” “I do not want to take a mistress,” Edric snapped. Daufina straightened in surprise. He never raised his voice with her. “I apologize,” he said with a sigh. “I didn’t mean to startle you.” “Just talk to… Read more »
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