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A Royal Conspiracy #20: Christian

Penulis: Katherine Jaynara
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-12-11 00:00:23

I watched the monitor go dark as the palace communications team ended the broadcast. The words I'd just spoken to the kingdom seemed to hang in the air – "His Majesty King Theodore is awake and recovering." Simple words that couldn't possibly convey the storm of emotions behind them. Leon purred contentedly in my mind, his relief washing through me in waves that left my hands trembling slightly. My brother was awake. After two weeks of darkness and machinery breathing for him, Theo had opened his eyes and spoken. The weight that had settled across my shoulders the moment Aleksander had burst into the library hadn't lifted entirely – there was still an attempted assassination to solve, a kingdom to reassure, security to maintain – but for the first time since the explosion, I could draw a full breath without feeling like I was drowning.

"That went well," Lola said softly from behind me, her hand coming to rest on my shoulder. "You looked like a proper regent up there."

I turned to face
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