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.

nearly sighed but held back. Like I had guessed, my mother was more involved than she

because I knew she was the one I was

her chair to face me. “This is a competition to find

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

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

she didn’t particularly want the job. And even I worried about bringing her and Elva into the dangerous and precarious situations such a role would

have the choice taken

rankled my nerves like no other.

home right now and it wouldn’t make any difference. Keeping up the ruse felt dishonest.

wanted me to pair

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smart, boy,” the King

my parents, but this entire day had been

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