![]() I’d neither the time nor the inclination to second-guess my heretofore profitable aversion to honesty, so I occupied myself with the details of my plan. If not eradicated immediately, they linger and breed until one’s thoughts are lousy with them. I felt a twinge of guilt for my omissions-a first-but I quickly squashed it. It probably helped that I did not tell him of my curse, Galfridus’s true form or that I planned to kill the wizard to regain my rightful shape. Julian was hesitant, but he agreed to go along with my plan. “Truly?” he said, a smile spreading across his handsome face. She wants you as surely as you want her.” ![]() “But she saw you at the same moment you saw her. Even after the princess divorces you, you shall remain the highest-ranking man in the land-a place of status that will surely earn you the attention and goodwill of the Lady Catriona.” “The princess needs to marry, but she does not need to stay married. “And you shall have her.” I let my voice drop to a low whisper. “But who says I even want to marry the princess? I want the Lady Catriona.” ![]() She needs an honorable suitor who will not vie for power once the vows are said. “The princess must marry in order to become queen. First you will be a marquis, and then a prince.” “I thought you merely meant to save the princess and get me a title.” ![]()
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