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Hands curled around my chest, and breath brushed my ear. The scent of bread and roses hung behind me.
“They won’t take notice of us,” a woman whispered in my ear. “The lady and her lovers are deaf to the world, once she starts with ‘em.”
I turned and saw Elise in the faint light. She leaned in and kissed me, hard. And then she led me to her great hall, and bade me take my leisure.
