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Clair, riddled with confusion, paced the width of the helm. She believed she had lost Aiden once to the Princess of Suma. With the wedding indefinitely postponed, the Princess disappearing to an unknown destination, she believed she’d have an opportunity to be with Aiden. When he invited her along on this expedition, she thought to persuade him to see her as more than a friend. And Clair was convinced Aiden would have turned to her in his disappointment at being neglected by the Princess, except for the red-haired b***h. But that would change. Once Aiden returned to Spirit and was away from the woman he kissed earlier, he would want Clair. They had a history together, and there was no other who could love Aiden as she did. Marcus had been aboard the other vessel with Aiden. Surely he k
