"The redhead asked, "Is the bitch good to work for?"Ashton, looked at her boss before quickly looking away, and answered "She is tough to please." I b...t," chuckled the redhead.Victoria furious at the direction the conversation was taking, not to mention the betrayal of her secretary blurted, "Ashton, how dare you say that."The redhead, fire and brimstone in her voice, turned to Victoria and exploded, "Shut up."Victoria instantly quit speaking, her face a red flush of anger. Defiantly, she tried. .. I'm doing okay," Jordan admitted. "Angela's been helpful, far toohelpful, as always, but actually she's really sweet. And I'm actuallydoing my job now. Of course it's weird walking around in a dress allday. And yes, I still need to get out of here as quickly as possible,but I promise: I'll be okay dressing as a woman until you're done withtraining."Or until I have a new job, Jordan thought to himself, crossing hisfingers."Well, you certainly sound the part," Anna said, finally resigned. “You cannae do this,” she shook her head hopelessly. The sky darkened again. In the flashes of lightning her crew flickered between men and monsters. Coleman and his work crew moaned for help. Lace’s graceful climbing became a tangled slither of tentacles. Belita wiped the rain out of her eyes and shook her head angrily. “Ye weren’t there! Ye cannae change what happened!”“I do not know what happened,” the man’s voice said through a soothing breeze. “But I do know that this is not it. Tell me. Our parents resurrected the match between me and Johann. A blind Prince wouldn't know that I was a disfigured Princess. We could be happy together, perhaps, even if no longer as rulers. I was brought to this Palace in a closed coach and met Johann again. We get on reasonably well, perhaps better than most of the nobility in arranged marriages.Johann likes my voice. He knows I'm scarred but he doesn't know what I look like. He likes my gentle touch. He even likes my snub nose."Eleanor's laugh.