Chapter 7 - Council Business-3
The question was so soft she was not sure if he had wanted her to hear it. She turned in the chair so she was facing Luka. He held her gaze for the briefest time, his heart laid open before her as only he could. Then he looked away, twisting his body a little so his back was to her. A tangle of thoughts and emotions too large to speak welled up inside Mina. She wanted to say something, but her mind was a whirlwind and words would not come. Then Luka’s back stiffened, and he spun in his chair to face her again. ‘The players. It’s not a coincidence. It can’t be!’ He leaped out of his chair, dancing in front of her, then skipping in a circle around her. ‘Between us we have all the same gifts as the princesses.’ ‘Yes …’ Luka seized her hand and walked backward, dragging her with him to the
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