“Then we should be grateful to have men like you fighting our battles, Sir Hadrian.” It was my turn to laugh then. “I should hope there are not too many men like me, Your Highness.” I had forgotten her order to call her by her name, but she did not rebuke me. “What makes you say that?” “I mostly live in my head,” I answered her. “Sooner or later I won’t be able to escape from it.”

