Knight's Prize
“After all, she could hardly explain to him that she never bothered recording Rivenloch's losses. Nor why.
"By the Saints," she said lightly, "all this must be dreadfully boring for you." With that, she snapped the ledger shut.
************************************ "Not at all, my love," Rand assured her. Indeed, Miriel's bold deception was anything but boring. He was glad he'd made the detour into her office. This manipulative accounting was very suspicious indeed. "How could I be bored when you...'re here beside me?" He gave her an unctuous grin.
The wily wench had lied to him about the ledger.
Of course, he'd lied to her about not being able to read.
He knew why he'd deceived her. But what was she hiding?
Why were there no entries for the silver that her father wagered away? Were his losses an embarrassment to Miriel that she didn't wish to record? Or something more devious? Something having to do with a certain woodland outlaw?
He hoped 'twas the former. It pained him to imagine that the lovely maid beside him with the wide blue eyes and the guileless smile somehow contrived insidious accounting plots from the confines of her humble office.MoreLess
"By the Saints," she said lightly, "all this must be dreadfully boring for you." With that, she snapped the ledger shut.
************************************ "Not at all, my love," Rand assured her. Indeed, Miriel's bold deception was anything but boring. He was glad he'd made the detour into her office. This manipulative accounting was very suspicious indeed. "How could I be bored when you...'re here beside me?" He gave her an unctuous grin.
The wily wench had lied to him about the ledger.
Of course, he'd lied to her about not being able to read.
He knew why he'd deceived her. But what was she hiding?
Why were there no entries for the silver that her father wagered away? Were his losses an embarrassment to Miriel that she didn't wish to record? Or something more devious? Something having to do with a certain woodland outlaw?
He hoped 'twas the former. It pained him to imagine that the lovely maid beside him with the wide blue eyes and the guileless smile somehow contrived insidious accounting plots from the confines of her humble office.MoreLess
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