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Pacing back and forth anxiously, Vaughan waited for Lynnette's return. He had readied one of his mellower horses, to make controlling it easier on Lynnette. However, he began to panic when it neared her turn for her jousting match, and there was still no sign of her. There was time enough yet, but it was cutting it close. He hoped nothing had happened to her at all and began to worry that perhaps one of the more stubborn nobles had done something to keep her from her match.
Just as he was about to search for her, he noticed her coming towards him. Vaughan closed his eyes and allowed himself to relax again. He breathed deeply, then opened his eyes again, and said to Lynnette as she walked up to him, “I began to think I needed to send a search party out for you.”
“Sorry,” Lynnette offered gently, “Sethis had gotten bored of stalking his Majesty, and had been bothering me. Then the Queen mother showed up...”
Vaughan's eyes widene
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