I wasn’t sure exactly where to take her. Every inch of the palace had ears and whispers carried. I needed to explain to her that I’d never intended for this to happen. That I would never use her like this. All night I’d been trying to think of every possible way I could avoid this come tomorrow. I never expected my father to announce this to all the attendees tonight. She needed to know I would never use her emotions or trick her into falling for me to force her into this. I had only been trying to protect her from my father by distancing myself and I’d still failed. Heading straight out of
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