Polishing off a biscuit with honey, Damen looked well satisfied with Laurent's plans. The final suggestion drew a crook of his lips. "I should like to see you try. I suspect you will succeed very easily." How appealing it seemed, leaving behind the pomp and circumstance of royalty and simply being Damen and Laurent for a while.

He felt Laurent's eyes on him before he quite saw how focused that perusal was. Damen raised a brow at him. "What are you thinking, husband? I know there must be something in that tireless mind of yours." He said it fondly, but with an edge of curiosity. He wondered if Laurent's perception of him had changed at all in the past hours.