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When can I see him?
Camellia
I wanted to talk to William, to explain everything that was going on, but every time I asked to meet him, the butler would come up with some excuse. I waited until dinner, but he didn't turn up, saying he had too much work to do. Furthermore, I was just a guest, I had no right to demand his attention or anything else.
In the morning, I tried to meet William again, but the maids stopped me. "Wouldn't His Highness like to have tea in the gardens?" a young maid said as she stood in my way, blocking the door.
I sighed, accepting that William needed some time to trust me. "That sounds like a good idea, thank you."
The maids looked at me in shock. I understood that as well as the people of the north not trusting me because I was the princess of the empir
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