Chapter 382 Improve Morale

• After that terrible meeting, I needed some space to think. Nicholas, having left the room with me, was reluctant to leave me alone.
• “You can’t listen to them, Piper,” he said. “They are just trying to manipulate you.”
• “Maybe,” I agreed. That was a distinct possibility, especially with how kind the King was being to me. But, his words did have some merit. What if my choice did affect morale of the people, and thereby the outcome of the war? I didn’t want to be so brazen as to assume I alone could affect such a thing, but…