"You have to leave court." Margot says, biting her lip in agitation as they linger in the garden. "It isn't safe for you any more."
"Daisy-" he knows how much it cost her to say this, she who depends on him so thoroughly.
"I have been so terribly selfish. Exposing you to his malice. If only I'd thought about the consequences of my actions. If only I hadn't given him hope. Flirted with him for my own amusement." Her voice falls to an ashamed whisper. “It’s my fault. It’s all my fault.”
Now he knows she will release him, all the recrimination between them melts away.
"But how can I leave court? Everyone knows that I serve you. And Sir Francis-"
"Sir Francis? What has he got to do with any of this?" she says sharply.
Nate curses himself. He so very nearly gave the game away in his strai
