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And so, with her mind currently swirling with uncertainty, Lynnette felt simultaneously as if she should say something to Hector and also as if she was incapable of doing so.

Was this really happening, right now? Well, no, it actually wasn't, judging from the way Hector wasn't even paying attention to her at the moment. He was still just observing the King, calm as could be. He probably wasn't giving her presence a second thought.

In fact, now that she was thinking about it, he'd been that way during most of this visit--focusing on the King so much, never really talking to her.

If she were an insecure person, she might've suspected that he was purposely avoiding her.

Yeah. If she were insecure.

Very much if.

...He was definitely avoiding her, wasn't he?

That jerk.

Ugh, what was wrong with her? Her head was all over the place. She needed to organize her thoughts. And her feelings, apparently.

Was she really flustered? Why? For what purpose? Because of Hector? He was three years younger than her. And he was a lord now. Oh, and he lived way out here in Gray Rock. How would they even be able to...? Long distances were... She didn't know if...

Wow, she was getting ahead of herself.

Did she even like Hector in that way?

Honestly, did she?

She just kind of stared at the ground as she thought about that. All the excuses in her mind, while still present, took a back to seat to that one, singular question.

And she didn't have an answer.

She liked him as a friend, certainly. She liked him as a friend a lot. He might've been one of her favorite people, truthfully.

But...

Beyond that?

It was just... hard to picture. This whole time, it had been, she realized.

She couldn't really imagine herself and Hector being together romantically.

Was that... bad?

Because it didn't seem good.