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

said to her, because I knew she was the one I

lowered her needlepoint down to the tabletop, then turned in her chair to face me. “This is a

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already chose my bride for me, now she intended to guide me into

one I really wanted, Piper, was off–limits. They had

about bringing her and Elva into

the choice taken

nerves like

home right now and it wouldn’t make any difference. Keeping

the one you wanted me to pair up with,” I said.

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boy,”

parents, but this entire day had been

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