Sworn to Defiance
“In turn, the man bowed deeply at the waist and backed out of the room.
With her hands clasped in front of her, Mary pronounced, “You’re ready.”
Sebastian still had one hand about Ciardis’s waist as he looked up at Mary Marlstone with a shy smile. “I hope so, Mary.”
Mary gave a swift shake of her head and wagged a fat finger. “There’s no hope about it, boy. I told you ten years ago and I’m telling you now: you will one day rule this court and these people. It’s about time they recognized it.”
Se...bastian nodded solemnly while Ciardis watched the exchange between surrogate mother and son in something akin to awe. She and Mary didn’t necessarily like each other, but they understood each other. But it still felt rather strange to have to share the affections of the man she had come to love with anybody else, let alone a woman who was both his mother and not his mother. It sounded weird to think it but she had been spoiled in the delusion that everyone either hated or vigorously ignored Sebastian Athanos Algardis in the court of his father, the emperor.MoreLess
With her hands clasped in front of her, Mary pronounced, “You’re ready.”
Sebastian still had one hand about Ciardis’s waist as he looked up at Mary Marlstone with a shy smile. “I hope so, Mary.”
Mary gave a swift shake of her head and wagged a fat finger. “There’s no hope about it, boy. I told you ten years ago and I’m telling you now: you will one day rule this court and these people. It’s about time they recognized it.”
Se...bastian nodded solemnly while Ciardis watched the exchange between surrogate mother and son in something akin to awe. She and Mary didn’t necessarily like each other, but they understood each other. But it still felt rather strange to have to share the affections of the man she had come to love with anybody else, let alone a woman who was both his mother and not his mother. It sounded weird to think it but she had been spoiled in the delusion that everyone either hated or vigorously ignored Sebastian Athanos Algardis in the court of his father, the emperor.MoreLess
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