A Dirge for Princes by Morgan Rice

Author:Morgan Rice [Rice, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Morgan Rice
Published: 2018-01-12T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

They put Sophia in chambers as large as any she’d had back in Ashton’s castle, with Kate somewhere nearby. Sophia half expected her sister to be in there the moment she woke, wanting to explore the city, but instead it was Rika who opened the door, coming in with a dress on her arm.

“I thought you would be up. Your sister said we should let you sleep while she rode off, but I thought that was just wasting the day.”

“Kate rode off?” Sophia asked.

“Oh, not like that. Frig and Ulf were going to show her the countryside around the city.”

That sounded more like Kate.

“Here,” Rika said. “I brought you one of my dresses. I’ll show you the city, if you like.”

“I’d like that,” Sophia said. It was strange how quickly her uncle’s family had taken her in, and how natural it felt.

The dress was pale wool, and fit her surprisingly well. Rika led the way, showing Sophia the kitchens and the galleries, all the nooks that her uncle had no time for the day before as they headed down toward the castle gates.

To Sophia’s surprise, Jan was standing by those gates, looking resplendent in a colorful tunic and a harlequin cloak. Although his thoughts were a blank to her, his sister’s thoughts were anything but.

Oh dear, she really has made an impression on him.

Sophia looked across to Rika. “Um… Rika? You know that I can hear your thoughts, right?”

Normally, it wasn’t something she said, but she didn’t want to feel that she was eavesdropping here, and in any case, she wanted to know what Rika meant. The other girl looked a little embarrassed by that.

“I’m sorry,” she said. “Father taught us how to shield our thoughts, but I must admit I was never very good at it.”

“I didn’t mean to embarrass you,” Sophia said. “It’s just… what do you mean about me making an impression on Jan?”

She doesn’t know? Oh damn, she can…

“Rika?” Sophia asked.

“I think he’s a little in love with you,” Rika said, her face turning almost as red as her hair. “He’s obviously trying to impress you, dressed like that.”

Sophia looked across at the young man in surprise. She had to admit that he was handsome, her age, with a lean look to him that seemed more like a poet or a scholar than a warrior. She could even feel a flash of attraction looking at him.

Yet the truth was that she wasn’t interested in that right now. She loved Sebastian, and the thought of anything beyond that made things far too complicated.

“Just… don’t be too harsh with him?” Rika asked. “And don’t tell him that you got it from me?”

“I can do that,” Sophia said.

They went over, and Jan smiled.

“There you are,” he said. “I heard from Rika that you’d be going down into the city. I thought I might come along, show you some of the best places.”

Sophia returned his smile. “That sounds good. I really don’t know much about Ishjemme.”

Sophia heard Rika groan. “Don’t encourage him.

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