For a moment, looking up into his angry green eyes, she thought he might go the route his brothers had gone. He would seem weak if he helped her, so he could easily offer to take her to that poorhouse, so no one told his father what had happened here. He offered her his hand, though, with a slight bow following. “Please, allow me to escort you away from this immoral crowd.” A few gasps erupted all around them. “Immoral?” the woman in green hissed. “I’ve never been called such by an Orbweaver.” “Actually you have.” “I have not!” Thea knew that he’d wanted to startle them. He wanted them to see
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