Sophia Williams
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“Are you crazy?” Gideon put down the treacherous creampuff from the tower Tori had brought to the palace. Tori watched his face go through disbelief and betrayal at the realization that she didn’t come by just to drop off a dessert tower to his mother. Tori stood by the open French doors of the casual dining room where she was usually taken when they ate at the palace. While she didn’t want to come to the imperial palace, she had arrangements to make. “No. I can’t guard you this week and the…-
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Piers’ house across from Université was also close to Lycée. Henrik revealed that he had registered the comcry of the building’s caretaker, Mr. Aldir, who was one of Piers’ personal valets from the imperial palace. Mr. Aldir would give Henrik access to a ground floor room that could only be entered by entering the building itself. The ground floor rooms that Tori rented had separate entrances facing the inner courtyard for ease of access to the carriage house. Piers had told her that the house…
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Her weekend went well. Too well. Lions Gate’s autumn and winter release party went smoothly. The guests had been excited about the new products and designs. Tori had been able to share some more information on Viclya for the coming months, as many guests invited to the release party had also visited the delta at least one during the summer. The delta’s tourist season was ending, and Tori had to explain that the reason was mainly weather conditions. The late autumn and winter weather conditions along…
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Another knight was guarding the door to the owner’s suite, where Axton was staying with the two princes. Sir Dobchek stopped at the door and knocked. “Enter.” Piers called through the door and Sir Dobchek used a crystal key fob to unlock the door. He held it open for Tori. “Your Highness, Countess Guevera has arrived.” He bowed his head in the direction of the sofas just past the foyer. Piers was seated at the far end of one sofa and rose to his feet as Tori entered. Gideon was seated in the…
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Tori drew her head back. She felt a bit guilty for some reason. “You knew?” Piers clenched his jaw and didn’t seem to want to speak. Tori dug around in her pocket for one of her spare silence charms and put it on the table. She gave him an encouraging look. “Your name was on a prospective list of students to be secondary guards to Gideon in Lycée should Fabian have transferred to La Garda. My father is aware of your swordsmanship and other abilities for defense. It is common practice to request…
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Tori resisted the urge to creep out of the classroom and call Piers to ask him what exactly he and Axton had told Gideon that caused the scene that morning. She was certain that where the conversation had ended when she left the night before wasn’t enough to cause such a change in Gideon. “Guevera. Agafonova.” Gideon greeted them with a small nod of his head as he looked over his shoulder. Ilyana sat in place with disbelief and horror all over her face. She looked at Tori and Tori let out a low…
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Tori gritted her teeth and let out a small hiss. She knew she had a part in this. She had prodded Fabian about choosing between Alessa and his duty, and then quietly criticized him the night she stopped Dimitri from punching Gideon. She had hoped it would force him to reassess what was important to him considering he had devoted his life thus far to being Gideon’s knight, and then reaffirm his duty. She didn’t think he would do the opposite. “What does he mean by requested dismissal?” She heard…
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When she went to tournaments with her team for longsword in her original world, they would crowd around the side of the ring to cheer on the team member during their individual matches. Tori’s sword master would often sit with them and point out telling movements that would predict a competitor’s next step. Aside from being taught to read subtle movements in the body when one was in a match, Tori had a bit of experience reading from the sidelines. It wasn’t a perfect reading, of course, but she knew…
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“A Count’s Manor?” Tori looked at Albert with both confusion and surprise. “Isn’t it a bit too soon?” The carriage left Viclya after a long weekend focusing on land partitioned for farms to villagers who wanted to return to farming. Idunn and her future successor had worked with Université Professors, researchers, and villagers to review suitable locations for farms. Tori, as the Countess, felt it was her duty to sit through the entire report. She left Viclya exhausted. “How is it too…
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Foreigners weren’t too rare in Soleil, especially in large cities and ports, where they were quite common. There were plenty who worked in Soleil, usually as merchants acting as middlemen between Soleil and their home country. They had temporary residencies as they tended to return home. If they married a Soleil citizen, then their residency would become permanent under their spouse. They and their children would also be given citizenship, which encompassed the two ways one could become a Soleil…
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