The Queen And The Nobody Boy (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
He screwed up his nose. Allana took his fork – did she want to feed him? He grabbed it back, tested the eggs and decided that once you got used to it, warm food was fairly nice. The others were eating scrambled eggs as well. Murgott pushed his about as if he would have done a better job of cooking them. What was going to happen next? Where was his father? And, at the right moment, Hodie or Murgott had to tell Sibilla what the Um’Binnians thought was in the bag. Not now, because his mother watched him across the table. She’d been worried about his leg – it had felt strange to see that, actually, and Hodie wasn’t sure if he liked it or not. Anyway she was still a traitor. And a spy. But how nice it would be to have a moment with a normal mother and say, “Have you heard from Dad lately? How is he doing?” or, “I finally figured out how to use a hacksaw,” and other normal things that Hodie had heard families (even royal ones) chat about. Lu’nedda finished her lunch and rushed into another room, where there was plenty of rustling.
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