Fire And Thorns 00.7: King's Guard - Plot & Excerpts
I say to her, and then wince at yet another awkward compliment. It’s a stretch. She was beautiful when she first became pregnant, glowing like the dawn, as happy as the song of a lark. But as the months have passed, it has worn her down. She still smiles with unrelenting cheer, but there is a heaviness to her, as though she has borne a painful wound for a long time. “Thank you,” she says. “But you are a terrible liar, and I think you always will be.” I start to protest, but she rests her hand on my wrist, and I feel how clammy her skin is. I say lightly, “My incapacity for dishonesty troubles you?” I mean it as a joke, but she nods. “If you want to serve your king well, then you must learn not to speak at all. It may be the only thing that will prevent you from revealing your secrets.” “I can keep—” She interrupts my protest with a deep frown. One does not ignore one’s queen’s admonition. I pause, and then, finally—wisely, I hope—nod wordlessly. “Quickly, now, before you go, I must tell you a secret,”
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