Beauty's Quest: Once Upon a Princess, #2 by C. S. Johnson

Author:C. S. Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical fantasy, fairy tale adaptions, coming of age, christian fantasy, teen and young adult, historical romance
Publisher: C. S. Johnson
Published: 2016-06-28T00:00:00+00:00

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“THANK YOU,” THEO MURMURED kindly to the jousting judge, as he handed Theo Rose’s winnings. As he pocketed the coins, a mixture of exhaustion and resignation cloaked him. It had been hours, surely, he thought, since the joust had been over, but his job was over for the day. “Lady Rose thanks you for today’s ... adventurous joust.”

“We should be the ones thanking her. I’ve never seen such participation and excitement from the audience. Who knew a woman rider would be so amusing to them? It’s positively decadent.” The judge guffawed before he nodded and dismissed Theo.

Theo decided it was for the best he had been the one to receive the winnings. Rose would not have taken kindly to the judge’s remarks, even if it would not have been the first time hearing such things.

Once Rose had walked away, no one else had wanted to joust. Many were more concerned with justice more than the entertainment, as Marsor had been hauled off by officials. One of the judges had let Theo know Marsor would be punished for unfairly attacking his opponent, but with Rose’s fury, more of his behavior was also being called into question.

The audience, Theo realized, preferred such an ending to the day.

Sophia came up beside him. “We’re all cleaned up here.”

“And Rose’s horse?”

“She’ll be able to walk, but not far, in the bandages I’ve put on her.”

“Will the inn be too far, you think?”

“I can run and get Mary,” Sophia offered, “if we get stuck.”

“Thanks.”

“Don’t look so glum,” Sophia said. Theo glanced at her. From her expression, Sophia could have been talking to herself as much as she had been talking to him. “We won, didn’t we? And Marsor is out of the way. All we have to worry about is tomorrow, when Philip will be fighting.”

“That’s all we have to worry about?” Theo shook his head. “I don’t think so.”

“Okay, so Rose is upset, I know.” Sophia sighed. “She’s just angry at what happened. I am too. Although, I do think you were right to stop her from killing him. I hope they decide to execute him publicly for hitting her horse.” Reaching over, she rubbed the horse’s nose with clear affection. “Although death might be too kind for a brute who would hurt an animal like you,” she cooed, talking to the horse.

“Rose won’t thank me for stepping in.”

“She has always overlooked many of your kindnesses,” Sophia told him softly. “And you never hold it against her.”

“What are you saying?”

Sophia snorted. “Please don’t pretend you’re going to start holding her accountable to you. That’s laughable. I know you well enough to know you will brood needlessly when it comes to Rose.”

“I suppose,” he said. Isra had told him once that his love for Rose was always painfully obvious to everyone except Rose, who would never see it, and he would never be direct about making her look.

“So, how much money did we get?” Sophia asked, deliberately changing the subject. “I wasn’t really paying attention.”

“Enough to

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