Chapter 9: The Last Vote

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I was in Parliament when the panel chair read the report aloud. The findings were blunt. The queen's council seat had been established through a published charter. The missing sunset clause had been removed after an agreement between the king's office and the commission chairman, but the change had not been entered into the official record. The finance committee had not required the queen's removal as a condition of protecting the Crown Trust. The palace had introduced that condition during negotiations. The report did not call Adrian a liar. It did not call me a victim. It described decisions, signatures, omissions, and consequences. That made it difficult to argue with. The panel recommended that my council seat remain in place for one year, subject to a parliamentary review. It also

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