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“So, not just one wife, but two?” Tylon asked, right before our swords clashed.
We were the only ones out training in the old Colosseum, though a few had taken their places on the remnants of the walls to watch our fight. I needed this—a good sword fight to release some of the tension building up inside me.
“Most likely only one,” I replied, swinging my sword toward my oldest friend. He quickly jumped back. “King Kegon wasn’t happy about his daughter being second to the northern princess.”
“Well, at least you won’t have to marry the boring princess,” he said, this time launching the first attack.
“No, I’ll just be stuck with a stubborn one who likes to talk back and is a pain in my ass.”
Tylon laughed, giving me an opening to knock the sword out of his hands. I raised my blad
