Chapter 0447

Nicholas POV

“You should have kissed Bridget, Nicholas,” my father said to me.

We were standing in the private rooms he shared with my mother. The King was glaring at me. The Luna was sitting at the table, busying herself with needlepoint and paying us little attention. I knew my father had her full support, however. Talks like these were usually part of a two–pronged attack. 1

In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if this entire conversation hadn’t been mainly my mother’s

idea.

“I didn’t think the play needed it,” I said.

“To hell with what the play needed,” the King said. His blood pressure was rising. His face was turning red. “You should have kissed her to kiss her.”

“You aren’t giving Bridget enough of a chance,” the Luna said from the table.

guessed, my mother was more involved than she pretended to

was the one I was talking to, and that my father was just a mouthpiece to

turned in her chair to face

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it was. My mother already chose my bride for me, now she intended to

really wanted, Piper, was off–limits. They had made that clear plenty of times.

about bringing her and Elva into the dangerous and precarious situations such a role would

have the

nerves like no other.

of these girls could go home right now and it wouldn’t make any difference. Keeping

was the one you wanted me to pair up

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boy,” the

entire day had been one event after the next of people not listening to

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