Drake Chronicles: 02 Blood Feud
“Isabeau pleaded. “Why do I have to wear this horrid dress? It itches.” The dress in question was gray wool without a stitch of ornamentation. She could pass for a maidservant or a vil age girl. Even her hair was tied back in an uncomplicated twist without a single pearl pin or diamond bauble. “Chouette, it’s not safe anymore,” Jean-Paul answered. She’d never seen him like this before. Nothing scared him, not Versail es, not wolves howling in the woods, not even the huge spiders that crawled int...o the château just before winter fel . She’d seen him fight a duel once, when she was supposed to be asleep in her bed. Now he looked haggard and tired and nearly gray with grief. Her mother sat weeping in the corner. She hadn’t stopped crying in days. Her hair was losing its curl, her face unpowdered. Isabeau shivered. “This is about the king, isn’t it?” she whispered. He slanted her a glance. “What do you know , chouette?” “That the mob took Bastil e, that Paris is no longer safe.”MoreLess
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