CHAPTER 26MALIK POVThree days into the week from hell, and I still had no solution.After Maya had gone looking for Amaris, I slipped into my study, searching for any loophole that would let me keep my throne without marrying Amaris.There was nothing.Cyrus stood by the window, watching me with thinly veiled concern."You need to sleep," he said."I need answers," I shot back, flipping through another useless text. "There has to be something, I can't marry her.""There isn't," he replied. "You know there isn't. Your mother made the law clear...""My mother is being unreasonable," I interrupted. "Forcing me to marry a woman I don't know, or want, just because of one mistake...""It's not about the mistake," he said quietly. "It's about the child.""I can acknowledge the heir without marrying its mother," I said. "Kings have done it for centuries.""Not Lycan Kings," Cyrus reminded me. "Not in your bloodline. The legitimacy laws are absolute."I threw the book across the room. It hit
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