He Broke Our Betrothal at the Midwinter Ball, So I Wed the Grand Duke Before Dawn novel · Chapter 26 of 32
Chapter 26: Payment in Full
The Hall of Peers was fuller than it had been for the trial of the Empress.
Word had gone through the capital in a night. The benches were packed, the galleries were packed, and a crowd stood on the stairs outside.
Thessaly walked to the center of the floor with her father on one side and her sister on the other.
Eskil sat at the end of the front bench, in grey fur, with his hands on his knees.
She had asked him to sit there, and he had.
"Your Majesty," she said to the throne. "My lords. I come to answer the Emperor's offer."
Lysander, on the high seat, sat forward.
"The Crown has offered to set aside the Frostmarch debt if I will take the office of Chancellor of the Empire," she said.
"I thank the Crown for the honor."
"I decline it."
A mutter rolled round the benches.
"I do not decline the debt."
She opened the heavy case she carried and set it on the floor in front of the High Chancellor's table.
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