She grinned, giving a shrug, “You never know, Jamie, you might surprise me. You’re improving, have you noticed?”
“Why thank you, m’lady,” he said cordially, analyzing the board. “Are you starting?”
“If you don’t mind, good sir.” Doe chewed at her bottom lip as she thought, her eyes flickering over the board before she made her move. After all these years, she still found it odd to speak her move rather than to move the pieces herself.











