She looked at him for a long moment.
"I'll take more than that," she said.
He said nothing. But the corner of his mouth moved.
She stood.
"Wei Lingyue," she said.
The princess looked at her.
"I am going to be in this room," Chen Yun said. "The entire time. You understand."
"Yes," Wei Lingyue said.
"I am not—I am here because you need someone to intervene if—"
"I know," the princess said.
Chen Yun looked at Cang one more time, and the look had the specific quality of two information packets being transmitted simultaneously—the first was 'if you hurt her,' and the second was 'I am watching,' and both of them arrived cleanly and were received.
Then she sat down against the far wall, back to the stone, demon sword across her knees, eyes dark and sharp and steady.
She did not look away.
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Cang stood.
