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92. I Took It

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Valerie POV

"You want me to sit in on the treaty meeting," I said flatly.

"I want you to sit in on the treaty meeting," Killian agreed.

We were in the war room, three days later. Isabella stood by the window with her arms folded, and Killian was leaning on the marble table like this was a totally normal thing to ask his sister at eight in the morning.

"Why? You hate when I sit in on meetings. You said I talk too much."

"You do." He pushed a thick roll of parchment across the table. "Isabella re
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