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Chapter 95 - Raising stakes (1)

Lady Lyana seems nice.

I mean: of course, she is. Alexander chose her!

However, she talks with ease to me. Sometimes I answer shortly to her questions, but she isn't demotivated by that.

I don't know myself how it happens, but we soon start to communicate. Lady Lyana is skilled in many areas ladies like to brag about, and she promises to teach me about embroidery and music.

We pass the day in her apartment, lazying next to the fire.

We walk to the main hall for lunch and find Alexander and the Countess already waiting.

«Sorry for being late,» I whisper while sitting down.

«You're perfectly in time, wife,» my Duke mutters before the Countess has time to meddle in.

When the plates arrive, I smile happily. Today's main course is fish.

I was used to eating a lot of it, in Polis. In the Empire, it's rare to see nobles eating sea products. They believe that fish is only for the poor.

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