"Kidnapped, absconded from assassins, tomato tomahto," Reina snipped back. "Believe me, your grace, it would have been much easier for me to leave you insensibly intoxicated on that balcony."
She shot him another winning smile as she strode back out of the room and went to call a cab, making sure first to send their hired housekeeper to the other end of the house on a quick errand.