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 M'Lady Witch

"Oh, have you indeed?" she said softly, outrage kindling within her.


"In truth, I have-for my mother and father have deemed 'tis time for me to wed. 'Tis you who are my choice, sweet Cordelia, and 'tis you who shall
be future Queen of Gramarye!"


Cordelia sat quite still, staring at him as a maelstrom of emotions churned within her. True, she had always more or less planned to marry Alain, and
the thought of being Queen one day was an interesting added fillip-but to be treated with such cavalier disregard, to be the pawn of his whim rather
than the queen of his heart ... ! She felt the anger mounting and mounting, and knew she would not be able to contain it very long.


Alain frowned. "Have you nothing to say?"


"What should I say?" she asked in a very small voice, eyes downcast.


"Why, that you rejoice at your good fortune, that you are sensible of the honor I do you, that you acclaim me as your lord and master!"


I shall acclaim you as a pompous ass, Cordelia thought, but she didn't say so-yet. "Am I to have no voice in this matter, my lord?"


The return to formality was like a stiletto through him. "Assuredly, you are! 'Tis for you to say yea or nay, surely!"


"How good of you to deign to allow me this," she said, syrupy sweet.


Alain relaxed, complacency restored. She was sensible of the honor after all. "'Tis nothing."


"Oh, ave, 'tis nothing!" The anger boiled up, and Cordelia knew she could contain it no longer. "'Tis nothing to you, a woman's feelings! 'Tis
nothing to you if you humiliate where you should elevate!"


"How now?" Alain stared, thunderstruck.


"I am nothing to you, am I? Only a brood mare, to .be bought at your whim when you have a moment to spare from your great concerns? Nothing to
you, nothing but a minor matter that you attend to when the mood is on you?" She rose from her chair. "Nothing to you? Only a marriage, only a
lifetime's union, and 'tis nothing to you?"