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.

sighed but held back. Like I had guessed, my mother was more

she was the one

her chair to face me. “This

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

Piper, was off–limits. They had

the job. And even I worried about bringing her and Elva into the dangerous and precarious situations such a role

the choice taken entirel

my nerves like no other.

home right

one you wanted me to pair up with,”

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boy,” the King

turn to my parents, but this entire day had been one event after the next of people

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