Chapter 180

• Tears of gratitude and relief slipped from Danika's eyes. She lowered her head again and closed her eyes. "Thank you for believing in me."
• She closed her hand around the young woman's thigh in a reassuring squeeze. "We will get through this, Danika. Together. I will do everything I can to---"
• "I don't think there is anything that can be done." She paused and swallowed, "I c-can't stop seeing the King's face in the store room. That coldness. He trusted me... He thinks I betrayed him...in so many ways."