"It is still odd to me that you and the Princess are so close," Amelia noted, as she also sipped her tea.
It was one of many questions that had been on everyone's mind. Likely the same questions were being repeated all around the Academy, as people sought to figure out just when the Patrick boy had established such a firm bond with the well-regarded Pendragon Princess.
"I wouldn't say we're close," Oliver said. "I don't know her well enough to say that. But she seems… worth trusting."
"Indeed, worth trusting is an apt way to put it," Verdant said with an affirming nod.
"Worth trusting…" Amelia repeated to herself, glancing at Lady Blackthorn to gauge her reaction. Lasha was as doll-faced as ever. It was hard to tell just what she was thinking.
"In that same way that the rest of you seem to be," Oliver announced lightly. A few eyebrows were raised at those sudden words.
