“There seems to have been a misunderstanding by some elements of the Commonwealth Guard, who interpreted your arrival as a conspiracy to restore the crown,” Miriam said drily. Behind her the camera crew maneuvered for a better angle. “Gad, no!” Elizabeth’s deer-in-the-headlights expression spoke volumes more than any oath of allegiance. “Listen, if the Commonwealth can no longer give me asylum, can you at least send me somewhere other than St. Petersburg?” The microphone boom swung perilously close to her face. “I didn’t run away to avoid having to marry a pox-ridden lecher, or because my
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