Deciding to stretch the truth a bit, I said casually, “One of the suitors recalls him being enamored with a commoner. So much that he’d been on the verge of proposing.” “Oh, how deliciously scandalous.” Cobra drew back, her surprise seeming genuine. “I don’t remember that, but I also was occupied with someone that night, too. She’d had the most interesting feather we were discussing. I recall it vividly because I thought it looked like Prince Envy’s razor-like quills. He had quite the legendary rule about lovers then.” At my blank look, she waved her hand. “You had to be there. Is the commoner
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