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“You don’t really want to be here, do you?” Lasloe asked. I froze at his perceptive question, both caught out and surprised by that fact. So far, none of my suitors had questioned what I wanted. In fact, none of them had even asked my preferences. Perhaps they each believed I wanted them, their egos too big to consider any alternative. Only I didn’t want any of them. I wanted the one man I couldn’t have, naturally. A breeze blew strands of my hair across my face, and I smoothed them away with my fingers as I thought about Keane. He was the only man I wanted by my side…but could I marry the Captain of the Guard? I didn’t know how that would be received by my family, never mind my kingdom. As a queen, I had to consider what was best for my people over what was best for me. More importantly
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