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The people swarmed around me, each wanting to talk to me about what the next phase of the rebellion was. I wished it was as easy as that, but I had no idea. I didn't have any more direction than knowing that I needed to take Katya down. She'd stolen far too much from me. My palace, my brother, and my throne.
Whatever happened next, I wasn't going to let her keep it.
"It's important that we keep doing what we are," I told the people gathered around me. "Keep training to fight, keep making sure the stockpiles of food grow. We can only end the Evil Queen's rule if we all work together." My voice quivered as I spoke, but I doubted any of them noticed. It was a lesson my father had taught me when I was a little girl. People heard what they wanted to hear. Right now, they wanted someone who
