A Dance of Silver and Shadow (Beyond the Four Kingdoms, #1)

by Melanie Cellier

The situation didn’t strike me as particularly humorous. Sorry. Another giggle escaped. It’s just so funny seeing Millie facing them all down. Every one of them is taller and stronger than her, but she looks like she’s about to spit fire. And they all look like they think she actually might. I looked at the scene before us again and suppressed a smile. Now that she said it, they did all look rather cowed. Millie is pretty fierce. This time, Sophie’s giggle slipped out of her mouth. All of them, including Millie, turned to look at us. The sound of Sophie’s laugh and their astonished faces proved too much for me. I giggled too. Sophie looked over at me and burst into louder peals. I followed, each of us feeding off the other, until we were leaning back in our chairs, tears running down our faces. “Sorry,” I managed to force out between chuckles. “It’s a twin thing.” Millie raised an eyebrow, and I remembered she was a twin too. I shrugged helplessly, seized by a fresh paroxysm. Finally she gave her own small chuckle and shrugged at the bemused princes. Looking around for a spare chair, she plonked herself down.

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