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the prince would not look at her. belen wanted to frown but kept herself in check. this was what she had been taught by kasmut and by jawahir. this was what she had learned from the queen. "i did not meet him. i only know that he once lived here. and that he is a soldier." had crowfeather also been a soldier? why were they not together? she did not ask. belen wanted him to look at her again. "will you tell me about him?" her voice was breathy, pitched low with utter focus upon the neb.