Colette Rhodes

Luxuria

Sara Poole

“You are very kind, my queen.” Oof. The ‘my’ in front of ‘queen’ really made the title hit differently. It sounded reverent, rather than sarcastic. “My opinion is that you are a marvel—a Hunter among Shades, a human body in the realm of shadows. Everything that you are—as you are—is magnificent, Queen Ophelia. You don’t need to mold yourself into being anything else.”

“He’s the king, Ophelia. He has subjects to rule and order to maintain. He can’t just drop everything to coddle you all the time.” 

“I didn’t want him to coddle me,” I shot back indignantly. 

“Sounds like you did.” Astrid shrugged. “You’re assuming he didn’t care enough to ask you to stay, but maybe he cared so much that he just assumed you would stay, that he didn’t need to ask you.”

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