Chapter 90

I smirked. “Maybe. But I fight dirty.”

“Oh, I bet you do.”

She nudged me with her elbow, and I nudged her back, stifling another laugh.

It was strange—how quickly she’d become a sliver of comfort in a place that felt like it was actively trying to chew me up. Most of the other women in the court barely spoke to me unless it was with disdain or suspicion. But Lenore—she hadn’t flinched the first ti