“Perhaps you should have shown some self-control,” she said. “Like you should tell,” Rojer said. “And what is that supposed to mean?” Leesha asked. Rojer’s face became one of such comic incredulity Leesha almost laughed, but for the lash of words that followed. “Do you honestly think there isn’t a person in this room, this palace—this city, even—who doesn’t know you’ve been sticking Ahmann Jardir?”

