Costis bowed stiffly. “I am here to make sure that you stay in bed, Yo…

Megan Whalen Turner
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Costis bowed stiffly. “I am here to make sure that you stay in bed, Your Majesty, because if this offends you and you order me summarily executed, it is no loss. Politically speaking.
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