THE DUKE'S FORBIDDEN PROPHECY
Simple things take on gravity.
A flicker of shock crosses King Nolen's face - just for an instant, like he braced for blows. Soon it fades, replaced by what might be sorrow. Maybe even grace. "Up north," he says, voice low, "the land doesn’t care who you are."
“We will be okay,” Noah says, moving his thumb across the skin on the side of my hand.
“You leave at first light,” the King says, turning away, the audience clearly over. “Do not return to the capital without my express summons. Consider the North your kingdom. And consider this my mercy.”
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