A Whisper Behind the Curtains

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Arabella, radiant in court ivory with silver threading, leaned toward me like she had a secret she couldn’t wait to share. “You’ve made yourself very interesting lately, cousin,” she said, her voice soft, sugared silk. “Almost… distracting.”
I smiled the way a blade does when it’s sliding back into its sheath. “How dull I must’ve been before.”
Her lashes lowered just slightly. “Dull women don’t summon revolutionaries to their door under the guise of trade envoys.”
My pulse caught, sharp, but my face didn’t move. “And you don’t find that useful? Someone else to blame when the archives go missing?”.....
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