“But while you rule, you can never be seen to be with me. I am a heretic, and—” “Stop.” Sabran embraced her then. “Stop it.” Ead drew her close, breathed her in. They sank onto a marble settle. “Sabran the Seventh, my namesake, fell in love with her Lady of the Bedchamber,” Sabran murmured. “After she abdicated in favor of her daughter, they lived together for the rest of their days. If we defeat the Nameless One, my duty will be done.”
