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been years since the people have heard about me. Seen me. For all they know, I died shortly after giving birth to Kitt.”
Your queen did not die giving birth to an Ordinary, because she passed two years ago when delivering me my son and heir. That is what the kingdom will know. That is what history will know.”
You think I would not beg to run away with you? My duty may be to the king, but my heart, Pae, is wherever you are. It is in the palm of your hands, the pad of your thumb. So if you leave, I will follow. If you stay, I will bow. Because there has never been a moment when you did not own the only piece of me that mattered—loving you made me matter. And I ache to be full again.
swiftly ended after he stumbled upon a secret meant solely for kings.
But the king, dear Edric, will never know the truth behind that rose on Iris’s jewelry box.
I read in Father’s letter how he gave a dose to Ava when she was born.
“Marry me, Pae. I’m already on one knee, but I’ll get down on both and beg for you, if you like.”
This is no grand wedding. We wear no crowns or jewels. This is the gathering of loved ones, and the spirits of those left behind. This is a union of souls that ache to be stitched together.
