Page 106 of Enchanted Heir
“I strongly disagree,” Molly said, shaking her head. “Let’s vote on it, shall we? Lion or eagle.”
“Eagle,” Nara said strongly.
Gwen thought about it for a moment. “Lion.”
To my right, I kicked Renna under the table so she’d answer. Between being Krew’s full-time spy and already beingmarried, she might not have noticed either of the men being described. At least not with the fine detail that Molly and Nara remembered.
“Lion,” she said while flashing me a look like she could not care less.
Molly whooped in victory. “Jorah doesn’t even need to vote. Because lion man won.”
I raised my teacup to my lips but was afraid I’d just spit it back out laughing, so I set it gently back on the table. “That’s good. I don’t think I remember the eagle man anyway. So I would’ve had to pick the lion by default.”
Molly put a fist in the air in further excitement.
Renna drew a card. “Too busy with your own massively chested man to notice?”
I smirked. “Something like that.”
Across the table from me, I caught Gwen’s eyebrows furrowing in confusion. As if she couldn’t believe Renna and I could both talk about Krew like that and not want to kill one another.
And even though she had put me through hell watching her with Keir, I felt bad. For a brief moment, I wished I could pull Gwen aside and tell her that the reason why Renna and I remained such great friends was because we didn’t have to fight over one man.
Renna sent me an evil grin before laying down her hand. “I win!”
I put my own cards down, smiling. Renna had finally done it. She’d beat me in cards. We had played ten hands of bingle and Renna had utterly destroyed me by the end. “Well done, Renna.”
“Again,” Molly demanded on a groan. “I was so close that time.”
I shook my head. “You all can play another, but I’m afraid I cannot. I have to go meet with Silvia about my gown for the next ball.”
Molly’s brow furrowed. “Already?”
I shrugged. “I guess.”
“Good,” Renna beamed. “You can live all day long with the fact that I bested you. Finally.”
I laughed.
Molly elbowed me lightly. “It’s fine. I have to go too.”
“Another scandalous book calling your name?” Nara joked as she sipped her tea.
“No,” Molly laughed. “I have a date with Keir this afternoon.”
Gwen’s face went from watching amused to falling blank entirely.
Oh no.
Molly must have noticed because she stood to leave. “Sorry. That was rude of me. I shouldn’t have even mentioned it. It was great to see you all. Let’s do this again!”
“Bye, Molly,” I said nicely.
As the others exchanged their goodbyes, I watched as Gwen tried to put herself back together, or to appear to, anyway.
And I pitied her. I had been her for so, so long. Before I made the switch to Prince Darkness.
Speaking of, as if thinking of him conjured him up, Krew came walking through the doors. He smiled at Molly on her way out before making his way to the rest of us.
