Lexi turned her focus back to King Ulric. Perched on his coffee-brown hair was a golden crown with evenly spaced points that were fashioned to look like flames and a gold and ruby phoenix that rose above his forehead. King Ulric’s short, neat beard that was barely more than a scruff accentuated his strong chin, and his green eyes shone like dew-covered moss. Lexi had expected him to be wearing a robe or perhaps a suit of armor. Instead, he wore a red tunic over a long-sleeved black shirt, both of which bore gold embroidery and beadwork. When he stood, the tunic reached halfway down the thighs
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