He Broke Our Betrothal at the Midwinter Ball, So I Wed the Grand Duke Before Dawn novel · Chapter 21 of 32

Chapter 21: What She Wrote

Iolanthe led her into the little glass gallery at the end of the corridor, where the winter roses grew in tubs.

She closed the door.

She dismissed her two ladies with a flick of the gloved hand and waited until the sound of their steps had faded.

When she turned, her face had changed.

The sweetness had been taken off like a cloak, and what remained was clean, tired and very sharp.

"You were always cleverer than he is," Iolanthe said. "I knew you would come back."

"You said you had something to tell me about the war."

"I have."

"Because you are going to ask, and the Queen's Envoy may demand an inquiry from the Peers, and I would rather you heard it first from someone who is not afraid of you," Iolanthe said.

Thessaly stood still among the roses.

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