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“You’re exactly right I apologize for how that cae was neglected by the crown Your people were left to their own devices while still having to pay the tax You didn’t get your coppers’ worth Failure to properly take care of one’s people creates a black dom, that’s all You should’ve had more”
“Here you go” Hannon wedged himself in with the chair and set it on the wooden slats He ducked down to work the fire, but I waved him away
“I think our guest would benefit more from a cold bath”
Hannon stoked the fire anyway before testing the water To Nyfain, he said, “It’s warh If you’d rather wait for me to build up the fire—”
“Not at all,” Nyfain interjected “Finley thinks this is fine, and so it must be fine”
The flat look Hannon gave ame, and he was not a was concerned Still, he excused himself and shut the door behind us Nyfain “locked” the door with the little wooden peg that fit into intersecting round circles
I rolled hness”
“You haven’t told Hannon who I aled to help him into the chair “Why?”
“What would a prince be doing in a place like this?”
“Resting Healing Allowing a fiery little tart to save his life”
“Tart, is it?” I dippedit in his face
His grin dissolved into chuckles
“It wouldthe actual prince in our home”
The smile slipped off his face “They’d be uncomfortable hat I’ve become”
I huffed out a joyless laugh before grabbing the waist of his sweats and tugging He labored to lift so I could drag the, and I ignored irth
“How could they have any opinion about what you’ve become when they have zero idea of what you used to be?” I said, draping the sweats over the rack against the wall by the door “All nobles could be inked up and full of scars for all they know Battle-hardened, basically But as you yourself have frequently reminded me, there are very clear social differences between someone of your station and someone of ours I just…I just don’t want to hear how lucky I alow of the prince’s attentions To hear how lucky we are to have been graced with your presence Not to ht tell so”