She had to admit, his grin was infectious. Enough that Adaria lowered her guard, the tension in her shoulders relaxing while hands gathered in the small of her back.
[color=#9a00b2]“A noble cause. Something you and my father share, he spent his reign with Antiva’s future in mind. It’s why he fought so hard.”[/color] She never doubted her father’s love for his people. Not when she had sneaked out, watched him mingle and listen with the commoners. The trivial problems of the nobility and the Game played between Talon houses and Merchants were nothing to the suffering of Antiva’s foundations.
She caught the flicker of confusion across his face, lips twitched, almost apologetic. The grip, the control over her emotions tightened, yet relaxed once no apologies fell afterwards. [color=#9a00b2]“Your offer is a kind one. But I do not need a babysitter, an advisor perhaps. I don’t intend to let my father’s killers go lightly, nor quietly.” [/color]
[color=#9a00b2]“A noble cause. Something you and my father share, he spent his reign with Antiva’s future in mind. It’s why he fought so hard.”[/color] She never doubted her father’s love for his people. Not when she had sneaked out, watched him mingle and listen with the commoners. The trivial problems of the nobility and the Game played between Talon houses and Merchants were nothing to the suffering of Antiva’s foundations.
She caught the flicker of confusion across his face, lips twitched, almost apologetic. The grip, the control over her emotions tightened, yet relaxed once no apologies fell afterwards. [color=#9a00b2]“Your offer is a kind one. But I do not need a babysitter, an advisor perhaps. I don’t intend to let my father’s killers go lightly, nor quietly.” [/color]
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