"You," he began, running his hands through his hair which he did not style for the festival, but he still looked good, "I saw you hug Lara's uncle. Why did you embrace that foul creature like that?"
'Oh,' she thought, 'So that is why he is looking at me like a jealous boyfriend right now or like he just caught me cheating on him.'
She placed her arms out with her palms facing forward, looking defensive. She did not want the prince to get the wrong idea about her intentions.
"Don't get me wrong," she clarified, "I was just acting. I was trying to seduce him so that he could tell me the truth. If I approached him differently, he would not have told me what I wanted to hear."
