"Your Grace,
I write to inform you that I will be indisposed indefinitely from the moment this letter is received by you due to a personal crisis.
And as an unfortunate result of this, a new Cupbearer will have to be installed in my place.
I do regret having to send this to you at such a time.
If you do not consent to my untimely leave, I might consider letting your bride-to-be and your council know that the rumours they share amongst themselves every morning is true.
YourCupbearer."
He tossed the letter on the table and dismissed the guard that had brought it.
Disposed indefinitely? Who did she think she was to decide that?
What sort of personal crisis was she going through? Or was this just a ploy to stop serving him?
He'd told himself that he would distance himself from her. But he wanted to know her reasons for sending such an abominable letter to him.
He rose from his seat and snatched the letter.
