Mated to the Alpha King
“But test me too, if you want to know why the numbers stand.”
“I know why they stand,” I answer. “I want to know if she carries them without error.”
He snorts and steps aside. Esme slides into the space, takes the quill, and begins. She doesn’t draw flourishes, she lists quantities and locations. Dried plums, pantry shelf three. Barley, north cellar, left row. Poppy seeds, locked, healer’s cabinet; used under witness only. She writes the caveats as if they were numbers and when she’s done, she hands me the pages. Marek leans over my shoulder without asking and checks line by line. When he reaches the end, he taps the page once.
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