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Chapter 84_The Luna Trial
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2026-09-23 14:14:18
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Rejected as the Fat Mate Chapter 85_The Fight
Tahlia's POV"I won't fight him."My voice carried clearly across the training ground, and I watched surprise flicker across Talon's carefully composed expression."Refusing forfeits the trial, Lady Osadebe. You'll lose whatever standing this council might otherwise grant you.""I'm not refusing the trial. I'm refusing to participate in what you've actually orchestrated—an execution dressed as legitimate testing." I met his gaze steadily, refusing to let fear color my voice despite Reyes's blade catching the morning light barely twenty feet away. "This council should know exactly what they're witnessing before they allow it to proceed.""The council has already sanctioned this trial's parameters.""Then let them sanction it fully informed, watching a traitor granted weapons against an unarmed opponent, understanding exactly whose interests this serves." I turned toward the assembled council members, several of whom carried visible discomfort at the proceedings unfolding before them. "
Rejected as the Fat Mate Chapter 84_The Luna Trial
Tahlia's POV"Three trials. Not simply the peace negotiation you originally proposed."Talon's voice carried satisfaction as he addressed the assembled council, and I felt my stomach tighten at the unexpected shift. "The council has decided a single demonstration proves insufficient, given the significance of what's actually being decided here. Three trials, testing the full breadth of what a Luna's responsibilities require.""That wasn't our agreement," I said sharply."Circumstances evolve, Lady Osadebe. Surely someone as adaptable as you claims to be won't object to slightly expanded terms."I exchanged a glance with Ronan, both of us recognizing the manipulation for exactly what it was, though refusing now would only confirm every doubt Talon had already planted among the watching council."Name them," I said."Financial strategy. Diplomatic negotiation. And command." Talon's smile carried cold satisfaction. "The first two, I understand you've already demonstrated considerable ski
Rejected as the Fat Mate Chapter 83_The Rival Prince
Tahlia's POV"The council has reached its decision."My father-in-law's voice carried across the throne room, heavy with exhaustion that had only deepened since the previous night's deliberation. I stood beside Ronan, both of us braced for an outcome neither of us had been permitted to influence directly."Neither Ronan nor Corin Northridge will inherit this throne," the King announced, and I felt Ronan go rigid beside me. "The prophecy's warning, combined with the ongoing political complications surrounding both potential heirs, made either choice untenable given the stability this kingdom currently requires.""Then who?" Ronan's voice carried barely controlled tension.The throne room's side entrance opened, and a young man strode through with confident, measured steps, his resemblance to the royal bloodline evident even before formal introduction—the same sharp jaw, the same commanding presence I'd come to associate with Silver Ridge's ruling family, though something colder lived b
Rejected as the Fat Mate Chapter 82_The Heirless Kingdom
Tahlia's POV"This is my fault."I stood in the corridor outside the throne room, the King's words still echoing through my mind, watching Ronan's face carry a devastation he was clearly working hard to hide from the council still gathered behind us."It's not your fault." Ronan's voice carried steady conviction despite everything. "It's my father's choice, made out of fear he's carried for decades, the same fear that's poisoned every decision connected to your existence since before either of us was born.""He stripped you of your inheritance because you refused to abandon me. If I hadn't insisted on staying, if I'd simply accepted defeat when the treaty required my willing participation—""Then Corin would have used you regardless, or Selene's manipulation would have continued unchecked, or some other crisis would have eventually forced this exact confrontation between prophecy and choice." Ronan took my hands firmly in his, forcing me to meet his eyes despite the guilt threatening
Rejected as the Fat Mate Chapter 81_I Won't Leave Her
Ronan's POV"Say it again. Watch my face while you say it, because I want you to understand exactly how little that warning changes."Selene studied me for a long moment, something between grief and reluctant respect crossing her composed features. "You truly intend to proceed. Even now, even understanding what the prophecy warns.""I intend to proceed because I refuse to let fear dictate a decision that belongs to me and Tahlia alone. Not to you, not to some vision recorded decades before either of us existed, not to a seer whose interpretation none of us can verify with any certainty." I held her gaze steadily. "You've spent two years manipulating a rebellion, orchestrating violence, betraying your own husband's throne, all based on your reading of a warning that might mean something entirely different than what you've decided it means.""And if I'm right? If proceeding with this marriage genuinely triggers the war the prophecy describes?""Then we face that war together, the same w
Rejected as the Fat Mate Chapter 80_Mother and Son
Ronan's POV"You knew we'd find this eventually. That's why you're not surprised."I held the document steady despite the fury coursing through my system, watching my stepmother dismount with the same unhurried grace she brought to every formal occasion, as though the wreckage surrounding her simply didn't warrant urgency."I'm not surprised because I've spent years anticipating exactly this moment, Ronan. Preparation is considerably more useful than surprise when the stakes are as significant as what we're actually discussing.""What we're discussing is treason. Conspiracy against your husband's throne, manipulation of a rebellion that's cost lives on every side of this conflict." I stepped closer, refusing to let her composed authority soften the accusation. "Explain yourself, or I'll have you returned to Silver Ridge in chains regardless of whatever formal position you currently hold.""You may do exactly that, once you've heard what I have to say." Selene's expression remained mad
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