'Beggar king'? Impoverished and proud - that sounded like him.

Well. He had always been rather single-minded about the Spades. Perhaps, now, his side obsession would take precedence. It seemed so very much more important than the damaged Suit.

"You're too kind, my lord." David dipped the sarcastic, sweeping bow he'd given Ethan, the very extravagance making the gesture a mockery of court manners.

And as a King, he'd thought he didn't have a sense of humor.