“Why now?” I demanded. “Why did you seek the Titulus after all these years?”
TitulusEvangeline granted me a sly glance. “If I were a man, what would you speculate?”
I smiled. “Mercifully, you are not.” She scowled at me, so I folded my arms across my chest and pondered the question. “If you were a man, I would suspect vengeance of you, or perhaps some scheme to ensure my disadvantage. I would suspect that you had stalked me apurpose, perhaps followed me from Ravensmuir, specifically to steal the Titulus. I would speculate that you seduced me apurpose, to distract me from your intent. Were you a man, however, that particular strategy would have been less successful.”
TitulusShe smiled coolly and arched a brow, her expression telling me that I had guessed aright. My heart chilled, for I h
