Lola's POVThe room felt too small. Too hot. Like the walls were slowly pressing inward."Your biological parents were not just rebels, Lola." Elder Joseph's voice was flat. Certain. "They were leaders of the rebellion against the former king."I couldn't speak. Couldn't breathe. My father's nod, slow and heavy, told me this wasn't a mistake.After that, I couldn't take in what was being said anymore. The words came at me in pieces. Elder Joseph's voice, cold and methodical, filled in a history I'd never been allowed to know. My true lineage. The secret adoption. The story my parents had fed the kingdom for years that I was an orphan of a distant relative, taken in out of duty and kindness. Only three people had ever known the truth: Elder Joseph, my father, and my mother.I only remembered him saying that if anyone found out, it would destroy everything. The throne. My father's crown. His life. They would call it treason, harbouring the daughter of rebel leaders. They would campaign
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