“Hush and listen. You’ll be inspired soon enough.” The king held up three fingers. “You do not know each other well, but find something that brightens her days. No matter what it is, seek to grant her that, simply to watch the joy fill her eyes.” He waggled his second finger. “Give her your trust in her strengths, her ideas, and learn to trust her with yourself.” “What do you mean?” Ari smiled. “Those secrets you think we don’t know are in there—they should belong to her now.” The king would be disappointed, but I would never let her in on the weakest part of me. I hardly accepted the notion
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