Prince Shayne was telling another Erphian folklore story when Simon got up suddenly and excused himself.
“O-Of course, my lord,” the Prince said politely, but even he couldn’t hide his puzzlement. The King’s face grew red with fury. Annabelle rolled her eyes at her brother’s rudeness but soon went back to looking lovingly at the Erphian prince.
It was Sapiens who got worried.
He’d only joined them a few minutes earlier when he learned Simon was there. Now his cousin got up and left, and Sapiens couldn’t do the same without offending the guest prince.
“—and then the first King of Erphia grew wings and flew to where the Slandriks lay and slew them all by himself!” Prince Shayne said, bringing Sapiens’s attention back to the conversation. “No one dared oppose him till the day he died.”
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