*Mary*
I'm sitting in the garden, pretending to read, it is the afternoon after the day I returned the necklace to Stephan. Every now and then, I turn a page, just in case my father is watching me from his library window. I hadn't expected, but rather hoped, that Stephan would come to give me back the necklace so I might have a chance to explain…
Only I'm not supposed to speak to him, so how will I…
But if he comes here, etiquette demands that I be a polite hostess…
But my father could send him away before I see him…
And if he tells Fitz…
I damn well feel like pulling out my hair.
The girl who rode over the hills to Snow Moon castle on her own wouldn't have let others control her actions. When did that change? Is it a part of being an adult She-wolf? Or is it just being a coward?
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