Chapter 113

MALJORE "You asked to see me?" I say as I walk into Rose's study. When I had gotten a call from her, I had not been too surprised; after all, she was the one who told me that she had found a way to get Luneth in check. All of this was her fault; if she had refused to let them get married when Drexon agreed to it, then we would not be fighting against her like this. "I did; come in and sit," she said, gesturing to the sofa in the middle of the room. "I just have to get this done, and I will be with you," she added, and I roll my eyes. "You know that you don't have to act busy for me; I can see right through you." "Act busy for you?" Rose asked, looking at me through the bottom part of the rounded glasses perched on her nose. "Are you being disrespectful?" she asked in a pained voice. "Oh, so now you want to talk about respect? You should have learnt to give me one in the first place." Nobody knew what our relationship was like offstage. Whenever we were in public, we held out hands and