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Lu peeked around the corner and into the room where Chiza sat with the other princesses. She looked miserable. His heart soared at the sight. He’d been willing to go along with this plan, but when he met the prince he wasn’t so sure she wouldn’t fall for him anyway. He was tall, handsome, and mysterious-looking. What chance did a greenie from Tero-Joro have with a princess when she was promised to a prince like Bashir?
Lu took several steps into the hallway and whistled like the birds in the woods. Chiza had liked that best. It didn’t take her more than a few seconds to leap up from her chair, and, ignoring the concerned questions of the other girls, step into the hall. He waved to her from around the corner and she joined him. There was no one here, but it wasn’t private. Someone cou
