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Not Mat Cauthon. He was sure that Dark-friend had not seen him, and no one could call her gilded, but. Well, she would be Queen again; he would see to that. Arms folded tightly beneath her breasts, she was drawn up to every inch of height, imperious to the point of bursting.

That fact she had kept hidden from most so far, but some things slipped out when she was in a rage, or when Leane was in a humor. She leaned toward the Wavemistress. Her eyes held his, expression never altering a hair, and her voice stayed firm and cool, but as she spoke, her fingers stroked his other cheek. Into the Woods707 Why do they not speak of something important? Caraline muttered.