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The next morning Rasha met with the council to give them her decision. She’d struggled all night. Her life as a courier was over, for now, but with the impending war with the beasts of the north it mattered little. She didn’t like being the face of Adalu. That’s what bothered her. The reluctant princess, they’d called her in the past. How true that turned out to be.
With Jak, she knew she’d be able to do anything. There wouldn’t be any beast that could stand in their way and they’d have fun protecting the palace as either couriers or royals. Everything was more fun with him. He’d been distant last night. He’d told her about Xeku being his father and he wasn’t sure how to feel about it. She wondered if he were having second thoughts about staying because of him. Jak didn’t join her for
