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Chapter Fifty-eight: A Lay of the Land

Author: Kay Voss
last update publish date: 2026-07-19 01:40:14

SIGRUN

The morning light coming in from the high arched windows in the breakfast hall exposed every single square inch of my bashfulness as I walked in.

The stone floors echoed with the soft patters of my shoes while I held my chin up and tried so hard not to look at the sèxy Alpha king dressed in a delightfully sleeveless black tunic and seated at the head of the table.

I made to sit at the far end of the long oak table, but his voice stopped me.

“Not over there, princess. Come and sit besi
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