#fromplay

For every room he was shown in the palace he would answer a single question — so long as it did not involve his father — the first had been his own room near the Ward he would be training in. The second had been the ballroom, where, in the spur of the moment, he had snatched her up for a quick dance even as she questioned whether he intended to stay or make a run for it.

“I’m not a runner.”

“Good, because I did the chasing thing already and it wasn’t for me.”