Chapter 62 Why Not Teach Her Yourself?
The thought of her current predicament twisted Maerwyn’s stomach into fresh knots.
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“I’m confined to the chamber by Father’s orders. I can’t attend the verse salon! Otherwise, I could have met Azure in person!”
Her frustration boiled over into a hissed curse. “It’s all that vile Elowen’s fault!”
Suddenly, an idea sparked in her eyes. She fixed her gaze on Moll. “Quickly! Switch clothes with me! You stay here in my chambers. I’ll pretend to be you and go to the salon to meet Azure.”
Moll’s face drained of all color. She dropped to her knees with a thud. “I beg you, Your Highness, I cannot! If His Majesty were to discover this, it would be treason! I would lose my head!”
She remembered Autumn, who had displeased the King at Maerwyn’s birthday feast and was banished to the brutal laundry yards.
She dared not follow that path.
“Useless coward!” Maerwyn bit out, displeased.
Tears welled in Moll’s eyes. “My punishment is of little consequence, but I fear His Majesty’s wrath would fall upon you! You are merely confined now. If he were truly angered, he might not show you such favor again.”
Maerwyn paused. There was some logic in that.
Agitated, she paced the length of her chamber.
Moll tentatively lifted her head. “How about this, Your Highness… I go take a look for you? I will memorize which lady is Azure and report everything back to you.”
Maerwyn looked down at her.
“Once you know which noble lady she is, you can befriend her properly in the future,” Moll suggested.
Maerwyn thought it over. Not bad. “Then, by my orders, you’ll go along with Alaric.”
Moll bowed her head in acceptance.
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Chapter 62 Why Not Teach Her Yourself?
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Before she left, Maerwyn warned her again and again. “You have to be sure which one is actually Azure. Don’t get it wrong! And be polite to her. Don’t upset her even a little!”
Moll kept saying yes.
Maerwyn had never shown such deferential caution, even towards the King or the Queen. Her fascination with the mysterious author was profound.
After escorting Cassian to Theodric’s study, Elowen greeted Theodric and then led Sylvia away.
Cassian’s gaze lingered on Elowen’s retreating figure, a faint crease between his brows.
Theodric, noticing, found it amusing. It was rare to see his brother so visibly preoccupied.
“What exactly happened at the betrothal banquet?” Cassian asked, his frown deepening.
Theodric thought back carefully. “That day, I asked Elowen to tell me frankly whom she liked. She didn’t answer immediately; she seemed distracted. It was Maerwyn who spoke up, saying Elowen liked the Crown Prince.”
Cassian’s brow furrowed further.
“However, Elowen denied it swiftly,” Theodric continued. “She said she held only respect for Alaric, nothing more. Then she said she had long admired you and that to be your wife would leave her with no regrets in this life.”
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