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Aleth blinked, once again startled. “Hopefully not for many years.”

Aleth inclined his head. If he didn’t have to call a literal child sir, he certainly wasn’t going to. “I’m a grown adult. At this point, adding siblings would be ...

Aleth blinked, startled by the question. “No sir… I was rather an accident myself.”

“He seems to care for your mother very much,” Aleth continued casually.

(Good to know! Thanks) “Yes, sir,” Aleth answered. “Well, sort of. Your uncle rescued me from slavery. It was very kind.”

“How are you today?” Aleth asked, also looking over the benches.

Pratik pulled his furs tighter around himself and stepped out on the balcony as well. “Hello, young sir.”

Aleth had spent the week as silent as possible, observing everything that he could. It was obvious that Cecily was a weakness in the lord’s otherwise unflappable front. But he ...

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(I’m good to skip! I’m not sure Pratik would report this lol he probably should but he’d probably be like lol bet lol… do you have a preference where we ...

Pratik backed away, down the hall, keeping his eyes fixed on Utrid. Had he really just gotten away? It seemed to be too good to be true. It also perplexed ...

“Yessir.” Pratik slid past him, keeping his face turned towards him. “Will do.”

“Yessir,” Pratik answered again. “I understand.”

“Yessir,” Pratik murmured. “I can be invisible.”

Pratik hesitated. He already claimed he couldn’t. Didn’t want to be changing his story mid-negotiation. “I’m sure I could learn quickly, if you taught me how.”