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Chapter 25: the weight of crowns

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Chapter 25: The Weight of Crowns

Kieran's POV

The door clicked shut behind me, and I stood in the corridor for a moment, trying to collect myself. My hand was still tingling from where I'd touched Elena's forehead… that cool, trembling skin, the vulnerability in her eyes.

I shook my head sharply. What was wrong with me this early morning? She was a political prisoner, nothing more. A tool to be used in the endless game of court politics.

Yet I couldn't shake the image of her pale face, the way
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