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“What size?” she asks. My brows knit together. “What size Bloodguard?” I question. “What size coffin, Maeve? Are you mad?”
“Life should not be wagered for sport,”
I close my mouth tightly. It’s better than vomiting on my patient. That has to be a rule, right? Thou shall not hurl on thy patient?
He’s only a few feet away, giving me a clear view of butt cheeks capable of snapping a wand in half and making a wish.
He drags the towel down his face and wraps it around his waist. “Why did you do all this? I’m nothing to you.” “That’s not true.” My voice quiets as I sweeten each word. “You’re the biggest pain in the ass I’ve ever treated.”
“I’m only saying that sometimes you must share wine with those you’d prefer swallow glass.”
“With all due respect, my lord,” a young woman with a light voice replies. Giselle. “Count Nathanial was about as bright as a donkey’s asshole at midnight. Is this really a loss for his court?”
“Did you see where it went?” she asks him. The little thing lifts her skirt and checks her feet. “It’s got to be around here somewhere.” “What are you doing?” I demand. “Just looking for my will to live,” she says. “Your idea of a good morning sent it running.” She offers me one of her hands. “Care to try again?”
I thread our fingers together. I don’t question the rightness of it. I just enjoy the feel of her hand in mine and the reassuring squeeze of her fingers as she offers me a silent comfort for all the pains of my past.
I haven’t contributed much…but some things should be said. “Maeve, you could take on the world.” Her reddening cheeks don’t stir a grin from me this time. I regard her as intensely as she regards me. She looks away first, whispering, “With you by my side, nothing shall stop me.”
“This is foolish,” I tell her. “If you wanted to attend the parade, you should’ve gone in your carriage with your father and sister and a full regiment of guards, as your station demands.” “I wanted to go with you,” she says simply. I let those words settle over me.
