What Was Never Mine
Instead, he moved to Calder, checking the saddle with practiced efficiency, his jaw set in a way I knew too well.
“We should be on our way,” he said.
Something in his restraint unsettled me more than open anger ever could.
Elanor mounted with his help, radiant once more as she settled into the saddle. Roman followed, swinging onto his own horse with easy familiarity. He did not look at me again, not even when Elanor waved back with a bright, careless smile.
“Wait for us, Edith,” she called. “I shall want to tell you everything.”
“I will be here, Your Highness,” I replied, my voice steady despite the storm gathering quietly within me.
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