Chapter 271: The Lesson
Lyria's POV
Baron Redwick was quiet for a long moment, his gaze fixed somewhere beyond me as though he were turning my words over in his mind, examining them from every angle.
Then finally, he sighed.
"I must admit," he said, "I would not enjoy it. I am becoming quite attached to the insufferable men, after all."
I smiled at his admission. It was strange to think of Baron Redwick—so composed, so precise, so careful with his words—growing fond of the chaos that Duke Thorncrest, Duke Valenridge, and Earl Hawthorne seemed to bring wherever they went.
"Perhaps you w-will leave this p-palace having m-made new friends and a-allies," I said. "And p-perhaps soon those men w-will move from a-acquaintances to f-friends."
He smiled softly at that, his expression thoughtful.
"I would not be opposed to it," he said.
Then he added, his voice quieter, more sincere,
