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Feathers?' I've gotta tell ya, I almost literally died. Even though I felt terrible about laughing because I knew you were so distressed and flustered."
    I sighed, though smiling a little. "So, I didn't fool anyone?"
    Brianna giggled and took a bite of ice cream. "Uh, no."
    I sighed again. "No earthly clue how I came up with the name. I was flustered beyond any level of being flustered I've ever been before, and my mind just goes in the weirdest directions when I'm stressed, I guess."
     
    "Well, I think Truman found it as amusing as I did. And I'm sure he was a little charmed by it, too; I could just tell. He was probably also glad to get pretty clear confirmation that you're single. Which, I couldn't even believe he asked you that question. I just wanted to turn to him and just be like, 'Could you be any more obvious.'"
     
    I set my spoon in my dish, pulse accelerating just a bit. "Obvious about what? What was he being so obvious about?"
     
    Brianna snorted, rolling her big green eyes, though a little smile was playing around the edges of her mouth. "Seriously? You didn't notice how he was looking at you? Well, you don't know how he looks normally, so maybe you didn't. But just trust me on this; he was giving you some looks . Which didn't surprise me, because you seem really sweet and nice, and you're super pretty, and I happen to know that Truman prefers women with fuller figures and beautiful curves like yours. So, it honestly didn't surprise me that much, although I've never even seen him give any woman quite those same looks...looks of extreme interest and intensity, I might call them. I think you really flipped his switch, if you know what I mean."
     
    I thought about Lord Truman's handsome, strong-jawed face and his long, chiseled body, the possibility that I could have "flipped his switch" making butterflies race around my stomach. "You really think so?"
     
    Brianna nodded, a sly little grin on her face. "Yeah. I know him pretty well, and I'm pretty positive. I'm sure if you stay here long enough, you'll become the envy of all the women in Stone Tower. All the women in the whole city, in fact. I myself am kind of immune to Truman's charms, because our mothers were very good friends, and so we grew up more or less like siblings together, so that's kind of how I see him, like a big brother, not to mention that I'm very, very happy with my husband; but many of the other women in this city...well, let's just say that when Lord Truman's around, there's never a dry panty in the room."
     
    I briefly choked on a bite of ice cream, and Brianna gave me a little wink, giggling.
     
    "Well, it's true. Oh, and by the way...while I'm referencing Lord Truman...I should probably tell you that that's how everyone but his very closest inner circle addresses him. Very closest inner circle being me, my husband Owen, and Truman's second-in-command Desmond, and his wife Laurie, who were both seated by Truman today on the throne platform. Oh, and I guess a few of his advisers call Truman Truman , too. Everyone else calls him Lord Truman. Though if my hunch is correct, you might be in the Truman , no Lord, camp before long."
     
    The butterflies in my stomach intensified.
    "So...he doesn't have a girlfriend or anything right now? He's completely single?"
    Brianna nodded. "Completely single. He's had a few semi-serious girlfriends over the years, and of course, no shortage of women offering to be his bed mates, practically begging to be his bed mates, actually, but he's never been completely crazy about anyone yet. Though, who knows? That might be changing soon." She gave me a little wink. "We'll just have to wait and see."
     
    With a little heat rising to my face, I went back to eating my ice cream with the butterflies in my stomach still flapping their wings.
     
    A short while later, after we'd cleaned up the kitchen and loaded the dishwasher together, Brianna said she'd better be going. "My husband should be returning home from a