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Whitney, Viken United
I’d thought I was all out of tears on Earth, but I’d been wrong. Once I arrived at the palace and Leah stood in front of me, I started crying. Ugly sobs with snot. I knew it wasn’t pretty, and I hadn’t cared. Neither had Leah, for she’d hugged me, then somehow got me to a room of my own. She’d settled me into bed, set the lights to low, and told me she’d contact Warden Egara and update her on what happened and that I was rejecting the match. I’d assumed I’d have to do it, but a queen of an entire planet probably got special dispensation for stuff like this. I was left to be miserable in peace.
I threw the covers over my head and let it all out. The happiness I’d thought I’d finally found. The fact that it hadn’t been real. How I’d felt when I’d thought Alarr, Ora
