The Fake Dating Spell novel · Chapter 17 of 24
Chapter 17: Midnight
The Queen's chaplain was an old man in brown wool who had been asleep at the foot of the long table.
He woke when the Queen said his name, and he stood up with a crust of bread still in his hand.
"Majesty?"
"A wedding, Brother. It has three-quarters of an hour."
The Chancellor lifted his head.
"It cannot be done," he said. "The Mistress Aldercott told the Council it would be at the Keep. The Council heard her."
"Then the Council may hear me," said the Queen. "The decree says wed. It does not say where."
She looked at Tavish.
"Warden, do you want your Keep, or do you want a bride?"
He did not answer her.
He turned to Wynne and stood in front of her, near enough that she felt his breath.
The hall dropped away.
"I'll say this once, and plainly, and in front of everyone," he said. "The Keep isn't why."
"Tavish."
"If the Keep burned tonight, I would ask you in the ashes."
His voice shook very slightly.
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