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“Don’t go,” said Laurent quietly.

“I’m just clearing my head. I already told my escort I wouldn’t need them until morning.” said Damen.

And there was another awful silence, as Damen realized what Laurent was asking him.

“No. I don’t mean— forever—just—“ Laurent broke off. “Three days.”

“Did you think Theomedes died from natural sickness? All those visits from physicians that only made him sicker?”

dude.

“So you have not tried to find out the perpetrator of the original attack?” said Laurent.

Lord Touars said, “If I did find him, I would shake his hand, and send him on his way with my thanks for the killings.”

Laurent tipped his head back on the chair and looked at Touars’ son Thevenin.

“Is he that lenient with you?”

MY GIRL IS A CUNT BUT ONLY CAUSE SHES SERVING

“[Jokaste] would have chosen him even if you’d had royal blood in your veins, even if you’d had the same blood as Kastor. You don’t understand the way a mind like that thinks. I do. If I were Jokaste and a kingmaker, I would’ve chosen Kastor over you too.”

…

“Because a kingmaker would always choose the weaker man. The weaker the man, the easier he is to control.”

“He had seen Laurent open his mouth and strip paint from the walls. He had seen Laurent lift a knife and in cold blood slit open a man’s throat without so much as a flicker of his golden lashes. Laurent didn’t need to be protected from anything.”