Warning! Extremely First Draft

But I promised, and so…here’s a snippet from To Embrace the Beast.

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“I can find my own way, my lord,” Remy said.

“You Taguns set great stock on keeping promises made to ladies,” Sammael said, moving down the corridor. Remy realized he’d followed a page to the dinner and paid little attention to the route, so he followed the duke’s lead.

“I’d heard you think little of courtly manners,” he said, catching up.

“When weak-willed ladies faint into my arms,” Sammael said, “I generally drop them.”

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