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“You’re a duke’s brother. A knight. And I’m a whore.��

He grabbed her wrist. “Don’t call yourself that. I wouldn’t let anyone else talk about you that way�� why should I let you?��

“Very well. Call me a fallen woman, then.��

“Do you think that matters to me? My mother used to say that there was no such thing as a fallen woman. You just had to look for the man who pushed her down.”
― Courtney Milan, Unclaimed