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“Think about it. Her mother only dressed me up like this for her daughter’s sake. It is her mother’s mischievous attempt to force a romance. I can only assume that Odette has some connection to this fairy tale, and her mother was trying to bring it to life.” I leaned back against the cushions, closing my eyes.
“Is that not a reason to go out with her this evening?”
“I’ve already intruded on her home. If I also went to the event, she would only feel even more pressure. It’s best to give her space for now.”
“Your brother wished for me to remind you that time—”
“My brother, as well as everyone else, needs to remember that they may be able to force me but not her. They are only doing what is best for the crown. She’ll do what is best for Odette. Rome was not built in a day.”
“True. But you do not have one thousand and twelve years to build Rome.”
My eyes snapped back open, and I glanced over my shoulder at him. “Are you my guard or my brother’s mouthpiece?”
He stood upright with his head held high. “Both.”
“Then you report to him then. I’m going to sleep,” I muttered, grabbing my journal as I rose from my chair.
He said nothing as I walked up the stairs.
I wished I did not have so much pressure attached to this. I was here. I was agreeing, working on it. The last thing I needed was a constant reminder that this was a prearranged agreement.
Entering the room, Wolfgang opened his mouth to say something, but I just waved him off. All the exhaustion I had fought off immediately hit me. Falling onto the bed, I kicked off my shoes and tossed my journal onto the bedside table. My eyes were already closing; it had been such a long night.
I’d figure out everything else in the morning.
Chapter8
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“Don’t be mad,” Augusta said to me when I arrived. She must have been waiting at the door because I barely got my foot through the door before she was in front of me.
“Too late. I already am,” I replied.
“She called you.”
“What? Who called me?” I asked, not understanding what was with the expression on her face or why she was blocking my way.
