Her mouth curved at the sight of him there, sitting on the window seat that he had supposedly fled to for the duration of every ball when he was still a young knight. I still seemed silly to her that a man that could kill giants and keep so many head strong recruits in order would flinch at the mention of a simple party. Then again, the same thing could be said about her.
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Raoul felt a warm hand on his shoulder and turned to politely tell the person to go away, he did not want to be included in the ball. When he saw Buri standing there he swallowed his words and gave her a world weary sigh. "You know, I used to think that being a friend of the King would save me from these things, but no, it only means he knows my weaknesses all the better and uses them against me to get me here."
"I could say the same for Thayet." She looked over her shoulder at the monarchs dancing together, lost to the rest of the world, "Come on, before they notice. I've been meaning to get you alone so that we can discuss a joint training camp before we pitch it to the rest of our teams. You don't get a choice by the way, I know it will be for the best."
Raoul smiled as he thought 'This is the one woman in the world who I will let boss me about not because I'm scared of what she will do to me if I don't.'
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Should I have cot it off at the first paragraph? R&R to let me know.
Daine's Twin