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“Because you’re a valuable member of this kingdom,” he answered, leaning closer to her. “And not just because I picked you out from the crowd and asked to dance the night away. Not just because you’re beautiful. Every person in my kingdom is valuable simply because they belong to the Author, and I won’t have anyone saying otherwise, and especially not the people who have made you believe that you aren’t worthy of love and care.”
“Though I fear that they’re more of an ideal than a truth. I think that the world is more harsh than you wish to acknowledge.” Prince Christof gave a long sigh, nodding slowly as he processed her statement. “I know it,” he confessed. “But I still believe that it’s worth it to do whatever we can to live as the Author wants. To value His people the way that He does.” “But does he truly value them if he allows them to suffer?” asked Elindala. “Ella, it is the people around you who refuse to obey the Author’s commands who cause suffering,” Prince Christof answered. “When one is kind and good and
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“Remember that a person is defined more by the choices that they themselves make, and not the decisions of their parents or the other people who share their blood,” Queen Isobel said. “That goes for yourself as much as anyone else in the world.
“My father says that if you focus too much on the things that hurt about your journey, you’ll never be able to enjoy the here and now, and, well, I like to think that my father gives good advice.”
