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She might once have been intimidated, but not...
Posted on 2010-Mar-10 at 04:05
She might once have been intimidated, but not nowHe would be wearing the Seal as an attempt to reinforce his authority, but she knew how badly yesterday would have unsettled himShe was fairly certain he would have offered to kill himself last night; he was a man for whom the old traditions matteredIn any case, she was armored against him: she had seen a riselka this morning
"Then I must have been early," she said carelesslyIt is good to see you looking so well after yesterday's Have you been waiting long?"
"Long enoughYou wanted to talk about yesterday, I gatherWhat is it?" Dianora didn't think she had ever heard an inconsequential remark from d'Eymon, let alone a pleasantry
Refusing to be rushed she sat down on the bench he had coco chanel hobo bag just vacated and brushed her brown robe smooth over her kneesShe clasped her fingers in her lap and looked up, letting her expression grow suddenly as cold as his own
"He almost died yesterday," she said flatly, deciding only in that moment what her tack would beDo you know why, Chancellor?" She didn't wait for his answer"The King almost died because your people were too complacent or too slovenly to bother searching a party of YgrathensWhat did you think? That danger could only come from the Palm? I expect yesterday's guards to be dealt with, d'Eymon
The use of his name and not his title was deliberateHe opened his mouth and closed it, visibly biting back a swift retortShe was pushing things, Triad knew how hard she was pushing with dior women this, but if ever there was going to be a chance for her to do so, this would be itD'Eymon's face was white with anger and shockHe took a deep breath to control himself
"They have been dealt with already," he said
She hadn't expected thatShe managed, with an effort, to keep her discomfiture out of her eyes"There is more," she went on pressing her advantage"I want to know why Camena di Chiara was not watched when he went to Ygrath last yearWhat would you have had us do? You know who was behind yesterday's attackWhy did you not know about Isolla and the Queen?" This time the bite she put into the words was real, not merely tactical
For the first time she saw a flicker of hesitation in his eyesHe fingered his Seal, then seemed to chanel backpack become aware that he was doing so and dropped his hand to his sideThere was a brief silence
"I did know," he said finallyHis eyes met her own, a question in them like an angry challenge
"I see," said Dianora a moment later, and looked awayThe sun was higher now, slanting across most of the clearingIf she moved a little along the bench its warmth would fall upon herThe harsh, unspoken question in d'Eymon's eyes hung in the air: Would you have told the King, knowing these things about his Queen?
Dianora was silent, tracking implications to their endingsWith this admission, she realized, d'Eymon was hers, if he hadn't already been so after his failure yesterday and what she had done to save the KingShe was also, she thought, in fairly chanel cambon ligne bag immediate danger as a consequenceThe Chancellor was not a man to be treated lightly, everMost of the saishan had their suspicions as to how Chloese di Chiara had died ten years ago, and why
She looked up, and let her rising anger keep the anxiety from showing"Wonderful," she said acidly"Such efficient securityAnd now, of course, because of what I was forced to do your pet courtier Neso simply has to receive the posting in Asoli, doesn't heWith a wound of honor earned saving the life of the KingHow marvelously clever of you, d'Eymon!"
She had miscalculatedFor the first time he smiled, a narrow, mirthless expression"Is that what this is about?" he asked softly
She bit back a swift denialIt was not inconvenient for him to think so, she pasha de cartier real
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