the Duke was prepared to be furious. “Catwin was there the whole time,” Miriel said calmly. “She can vouch for me.” “No one will take a servant’s word for this,” her uncle reminded her. Then he looked at her more closely, at the small, self-satisfie...
I was reminded of the first months spent at the palace, of the strange ease with which I had slipped into a rhythm that was completely different from the familiar. We were plunged into such a strange new world that there was nothing to do save move forward on instinct alone, and both of us were t...