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I sat in front of my father in his study as he continued to discuss the future and the strength our dragons would gain now that the sea would belong to us as well. However, all I could focus on, as he went on and on about my wedding, which was just two days away, was that I didn’t want Halia.
“Father,” I finally said, interrupting him.
“Yes?”
“Is it really necessary for me to marry Halia?”
My father stared at me, looking puzzled, before a smile broke out on his lips. “Of course it is. I thought we had discussed this?”
“We did, but she… she is so boring!”
This made my father laugh heartily. It took him a while to calm down before he said, “Son, she is a princess who has been trained to please. I’m certain that, after a while, she will reveal other aspects of herself once the
