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I sighed with relief when the king left the stable. I picked up a pitchfork and went into the stall I had been cleaning when he pulled me out of it. Chaz was in there finishing up.
“Please don’t antagonize him, my lady,” he said in a low voice. I smiled at him.
“I can take care of myself, but thank you, sir,” I said, soothingly. He leaned on his shovel and looked at me.
“No, my lady, you cannot. The king is two different men. He can be fun and jocular with us one minute and the next he is raging, and someone is losing a limb or their life. He can be ruthless, even to those he loves. If you push him too far, lady, you will have consequences.” He turned back to the work.
“We don’t want to see you get hurt,” he mumbled. “High King Erik is not the same man when he is on the battlefield. He is mean and merc
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