The Duke Should Divorce Me, So Why Is He Stalling My Death? novel · Chapter 21 of 32
Chapter 21: The True Heroine
She did not sleep.
At first light on the ninety-first day Lysandra went down into the garden in a plain wool cloak, because the house was too small and too full of him.
The roses were dead.
Frost lay on the gravel in a fine white crust, and the sky over the east wing was pale pink.
She sat on the stone bench by the dry fountain and put her face in her hands.
Go if you want.
It wasn't what he'd said.
It was how flat his voice had gone.
She heard footsteps on the gravel and did not look up.
"You're up early," said Anneliese.
The Saintess came across the frozen garden in a white fur cloak with the hood back, carrying two cups of something steaming.
She held one out.
"Tea. It's only tea. I made it myself."
Lysandra looked at it and did not take it.
"I'm not carrying anything to you," she said, "and I'm not drinking anything from you."
"Fair." Anneliese smiled, set both cups on the rim of the fountain and sat down on the far end of the bench. "Smart. You always were."
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