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“I know people keep secrets from me,” he says. “I didn’t think you were among them.”
If his voice was harsh or full of censure, I’d deny it. But Harristan is rarely like that with me, especially not when we’re alone. There are few people who have his full trust in the palace. I might be the only one. For the barest instant, I wonder if this might chip away at it.
“I keep no secrets that put you at risk,” I say.
“I know,” he says equably.
Ofcourse he does. But it puts my mind at ease.
But then he says, “I’d like to talk to her.”
I wonder how that will go. I imagine Tessa throwing a punch at my brother, or tossing a drink in his face. There are a million things she could say that would end with her in the Hold—or worse. There are a million questions Harristan could ask—and a million wrong answers that will put Tessa in danger.
But he’s the king, and no matter how much power I have, he has more. I nod. “I’ll arrange it.”
