viscount Derek Hale
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“Tell me, then,” said Lord Stiles and put his chin in his hand, “which player is the most important in the game - in your opinion?”
Lord Stiles always had a way of dancing around subjects to the point where they almost lost their meaning. As it was, he couldn’t quite understand why the subject had changed to chess, or why the marquess would ask such a simple question.
“Well, the most important piece would be the king, of course,” Derek said slowly, dreading whenever Lord Stiles would circle back and somehow make this whole conversation relevant again. He couldn’t quite help the feeling that he was being played. “As for the most powerful piece, it would be the Queen.”
“Quite right,” Lord Stiles said with a smile, but he also shook his head. “But you misunderstand my meaning. The pieces on the board have certain advantages and disadvantages; at their core, they are all valuable, a simple mathematical equation can easily add who has the advantage in the game,” Lord Stiles explained, dragging a finger absentmindedly along the edge of his wine cup as he spoke. “But the most important player is not a single piece on the board, but the one with the strategy to move them.”