Your Highness, I appreciate your energy and tenacity, it speaks well of your ability to rule. However, we in the council have the highest duty of making your work easier with our counseling.” "I don't see how it should be easier for me to make a decision than for you to finally accept it, Lord Roderick. I'm not in the habit of finding independent thought taxing," I said. Cosmo choked on a laugh and Lady Prudence snorted, making Rebecca Sanders's smile appear at last.
