Chapter 3
“She can’t be serious!”
Warner gave his daughter a faint smile. “She usually is, in my experience.”
Nora shook her head at him, as if he were a misbehaving child, and he hid a smile, even as his heart ached in his chest. He had expected the queen to pile more responsibilities on him, when she summoned him to court. But to ask so much from his oldest child!
Gwendolyn is going to kill me, he thought morbidly. She sent Nora along to make sure I didn’t fall into a mudhole on the way. When she finds out I’ve left her behind in this cesspit, she may gut me on the spot!
“The Heir’s Companion,” Nora said slowly, as if she were tasting the unfamiliar words. She walked over to the window, staring out at the night sky. Below them, the entire royal city was spread out like a blanket, wi
