As if she didn’t hear him, she muttered, “I’ll destroy it myself this time. Obviously the task was too difficult for you.”
“Marien,” Eduard sighed. “I said—”
“I heard you,” she snapped.
Eduard groaned. As he pushed himself up from her bed, Marien added, “Fetch my servant girl on your way out. And don’t even look at me again until you have that letter in hand.”
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