“I don’t care what the Councillors say, I’ll never take his place as an Heir,” he said, his eyes darkening and revealing the pressure they were clearly placing him under. It was a fucking joke to put him through that while he was still struggling through losing his family, but then again, I wasn’t surprised. I’d seen my mom and the other Heirs’ parents act in the name of duty all my life, and politics rarely took emotion into account. “I know, man,” I said gently. “He’s only been gone for a few turns of the earth and all they care about is their precious power balance being restored, the
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