“Hold on a second. When we first arrived, didn’t you mention that the palace was recruiting new guards?” “Yeah, they’re expecting huge crowds. Why?” Hadrian didn’t reply right away, staring into the single candle and massaging his callused palms. “I thought I might try my hand at being a man-at-arms again.” Albert smiled. “I think you’re a tad overqualified.” “Then I ought to get the job.”
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