Damon

He asked, squinting his green eyes at me. I smiled in response, causing him to raise his eyebrows. His face suddenly changed from slightly playful to serious.

"I don't know if I can do that. I don't know if they will allow an outsider to sit as a Lord," he said.

"The Masked King is an outsider," I reminded him of my status. "In fact, if I remember correctly, what caused Martinez his life was calling the Masked King a nameless outsider."

"Yes," Nicholas said, "but you see the big difference between me and him? He is one of you. I am as foreign as they get. I still...