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Chapter Eighteen
Ian had agreed at once, but Simon protested all the way back to the house. He Was still angry while Rhiannon undressed him for bed. Ordinarily she would have told him sharply that she needed nothing from him and, if he did not like her behavior, he should cease to urge her to marry him. She was aware, however, that his reaction was her fault. If she had not panicked at the king's implication that he intended to keep herwhich she had momentarily and irrationally connected with all the talk of de Burgh's imprisonmentSimon would not even have noticed the brief exchange.
Simon's anger also reflected his own guilt for bringing her to court and urging her to display her talent. Understanding this, Rhiannon curbed her impatience and uttered soothing murmurs that neither agreed to his way nor insisted on hers. This did not work. Simon glowered at her, his brilliant eyes dark.
"You need not treat me as if I were five years old," he said crossly.

 
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