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- Author: Lisette Marshall
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The royal visit arrived on a late spring morning, a day so bright that it
seemed like summer had arrived a month early. The woods around the Red
Castle were blossoming, a sea of pink and white as far as the eye could see,
and when Tamar opened the doors to her balcony, the scent of sweet flowers
and sun-drenched grass hung heavy in the air.
A day like a dream, if she hadn’t been so unspeakably nervous.
‘So,’ she said, and flattened her skirt with anxious, jumpy hands as she
turned back to her bed. Runo sat leaning back in the pillows, shirtless and
rumpled from the night, an almanac of the Cuvri War in his lap. The sight
of him alone made her skin tingle with a pleasant yet nerve-wrecking
warmth. Not a warmth she could use right now, minutes before she’d have
to welcome her visitors under the watching eyes of her full court.
‘So?’ he said.
‘You’ll stay away from them, yes?’ It had to be the fifth time in the past
hour alone she repeated those words. ‘Even if you get curious or – or hell,
just tired of following instructions – you’ll make sure not to—’
‘Not to get on anyone’s nerves, not to kill anyone, not to flaunt my
southern face in front of anyone taking objection to southern faces…’ He
sounded unusually irritated for a moment. ‘Did I forget anything?’
‘It’s not a joke, Runo.’
He looked up from his book, a joyless smile around his lips. ‘You think I
find it funny?’
‘I’m not sure if you realise how much it might damage our international
relations if they figure out what’s going on,’ she said, closing her eyes for a
heartbeat. ‘You’ve never met Jaghar. He’s really – not very fond of the
Empire.’
‘Neither am I, in case that slipped your mind.’
‘No, but you killed a few dozen people in the Empress’s name
nonetheless. I don’t think he’ll gloss over that fact so easily, and by the time
he figures out how much you know – how close you are to…’
‘You?’ he said, a little too suggestively, and again that dangerous warmth
curled through her, paying no attention at all to the more sensible parts of
her mind.
‘To the centre of power. He’s not going to be happy about it, and I can’t
afford to alienate even more of my allies, alright? So stay away from him,
and for the love of the gods, please stay away from Viviette too, because
she is ten times more clever than she wants you to believe, and she’ll damn
well figure out what’s going on from three innocent words at most. Yes?’
‘It is of course possible,’ Runo said, resting his arms on his knees, ‘that
they already know.’
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