Dael could only sputter wordlessly, but then Flavia turned and walked away, and Quintus came to tell him Tertius was looking for him.
Later, when Tertius was informing Dael he’d been restored to his former duties, Dael spotted Flavia with Tertius’s lieutenant, reviewing the guest list. Her expression was grim, and there was an air of exhaustion about her.
Tertius had just started in on Dael’s extensive list of duties for formal banquets when Flavia looked up.
Dael caught her gaze and smiled.
She smiled back, her happiness emerging from her exhaustion like the sun from behind a storm cloud.
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