III: Innocence Doesn't Beat It. ~XENOS~“What has she been up to?" I asked Franca, my housekeeper as she poured my evening tea."Nothing serious, Your Majesty. Sometimes, she asks me about the healing herbs around and…” She bit her words. "And she's just a curious and loving young lady." “It's going to rain soon…” Lowell, my Hand walked in, his voice cutting through the heavy wind. “It really is," I muttered, resting against the window frame, my gaze fixed on the tree, assuming the same posture as him. “Did you send for her already?" He asked, like he'd been waiting for the moment Franca stepped out. “Can you be quiet and let me enjoy watching?" He allowed half a second to pass. “We both know you're not staring at anything, Your Majesty." Fuck Lowell. He knew how to feed poison and antidote in the same damn minute. “It's been two weeks, if I'm correct" and it's been a week and only five days since your return from France. "Why are you even keeping her?” He was no longer watc
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