““I bring an urgent message,” he told me when one of my maids let him in. “A man outside says he has important news for you.” I frowned, unable to imagine what the eunuch meant. “A man? I cannot have a man in my bedchamber—” “The man says he walks outside the harem walls every day.” I closed my eyes as realization washed over me. I had abandoned Mordecai for far too long, and now he had urgent news. Was he ill? Had something happened to Binyamin or one of our other friends? “Tell... him—” I hesitated. Did I dare grant Mordecai an audience? If I ran to his arms and treated him like a father, anyone in the vicinity would know we were related. So if I saw him, I would have to pretend he was a stranger. I sat up and smoothed my hair. “Tell him I will grant him an audience later today, after I have dressed and breakfasted.” Hatakh bowed and left to deliver his message.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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