Thursday Teaser

"The Princess and the Hound" by Mette Ivie Harrison, p. 157

"My father has always thought that I was of no value to him or the kingdom."

George began to speak, to interrupt her, but she put up a hand, and he stopped himself.

"It is no secret that he wished for a son, to follow in his footsteps, to be a warrior as he was. And I could not be that son no matter how I tried." Beatrice stroked Marit.

"But I have done the one thing that he was never able to do. In one swift movement, I have won him all of Kendel. Through marriage to you."

George stared at her. Was that what the marriage was to her, a way to prove that she could succeed at something her father never had? He did not know whether to be affronted or impressed.