“he hates you, he still loves me. and bastard orphans can do a lot, even if you cast him out to become impoverished. he’s basically a hero among my society, so give him a shot,” she said, picking her nails absentmindedly, quite enjoying the situation she put her sister in. “you know you miss him.”
“i don’t know when that happened, i used to be his favorite.” and stiva was hers, until the crown settled itself on golden head; he’d always been more forgiving and fonder of youthful error. “i know he’s good at what he does. i just don’t want to see him.” what she’s not saying is that if she does see him she might forgive him, & the sheen of ice on her heart might crack. “look, if you think i’m going to let him come back here and kiss me on the head and tell me everything is going to be all right, you’re even more delusional than i thought. i’m not going to forgive him.” a sigh. “fine. but if he does anything displeasing, i’ll send someone to kill him.”
nat scoffed. “and you wonder why you’re not his favorite anymore. kat, you’re gonna have to learn to play nice if you wanna keep that crown on your pretty little head- or if you wanna keep your head at all.” nat then motionedfor clint to follow her. “we’re going to search the castle, ask some questions, see what we can find out. try not to kill anyone till then, okay?”








