"You have the ambition to learn, at least," Aric said, grudgingly and quiet. "And you appear to see things for what they are." "Be careful, you're getting complimentary," I said, delighted to see his lips twitch. "Princess, I promise to never compliment you where you don't deserve it," Aric said with a mocking kind of regality. "And to always tell you when I think you're doing a piss poor job."
