Chapter 64: And yet disruptive

Chapter 64: Chapter 64: And yet disruptive

There was a moment of silence with both of them eating, and Liam’s gaze kept being dragged toward the prince more often than he wanted to admit. Arik was elegant, yes, but he ate like a working man. No noble picking at food as if appetite were a scandal. No delicate rearranging of rice. No pretending one survived on court air, expensive wine, and inherited superiority.

He ate with the calm focus of someone who had learned not to waste time when food was available.

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