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Piper slammed her window shut so hard she feared the glass might shatter. That wouldn’t be a great way to start out her sentence in exile. Thankfully, the glass remained intact.
She glared through the small window as Finn stalked away from the royal steward’s hut in an obvious snit, as if he was the one who had the right to be annoyed.
Unsure what to do with all of her pent-up anger, Piper paced back and forth across the cottage’s tiny living room. Liam cooed happily in her arms as she practically wore a track into the large, braided wool rug.
It hurt that the island’s monarchs thought she would betray them this way, but surprisingly, Finn’s accusation and distrust of her stung even more. She had begun to believe that she and the royal steward had a special romantic connection with
