Don’t fall for it, I remind myself of the list Andrea showed me yesterday. How the fourth prince was sure there would be a hell of work to do. You’re here to work. “Would you like me to braid it, Lady Sigmond?” Mesilla’s voice pulls me from my thoughts “Or tie it similar to how you had it yesterday

My own pettiness has backfired, and I’m wasting time I could use to actually read something useful. But damn it, I can’t be the one to back out first! Not at this point! Still, I huff out a breath as I lean my face against my fist. I can read most of these words, even those that are foreign to me m

Zen looks at me, and though his expression is inscrutable, I get the sense of a question. “You’re too uninterested in yourself,” I give him a grin at my spot on observation “Who knows how you’ll get hurt if left on your own? If you die, I’ll be in real knee-deep shit, so I have to make sure you’re

“Give it a rest, Theobald.” Lukas waves a hand dismissively “Have a seat, Lord and Lady Sigmond.” Only now do I properly see the three people sitting next to him. My eyes widen for a moment as the go to the one in the middle. The ‘archivist’, whose now dressed to the nines, with his dark red hair

“And to introduce myself properly.” He turns to face me fully, amber eyes crinkled. His lax demeanor, his easy smiles and soothing manner of talking… it all reminds me of something, just can’t put my finger on it. “Alpha Leon Arzen, the current Alpha of the House of Arzen. The House of Arzen is l