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This offer seemed too good to be true, raising doubts and questions within me. Unable to suppress my burning curiosity, I couldn't help but probe deeper, my voice laced with intrigue. "And who exactly are you?" I needed to understand the motives driving this enigmatic figure before me. With a deep breath, he articulated his resentment with venomous disdain. "All my life, I have dwelled in his shadow," he uttered, his voice brimming with a profound bitterness. "I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that I can govern this entire kingdom far more proficiently than him. He is utterly unworthy of the title King," he spat, his words laced with resentment and unyielding determination.

"You speak sweetly, Xaro, but under your words I hear another no." "This Iron Throne you speak of sounds monstrous cold and hard. I cannot bear the thought of jagged barbs cutting your sweet skin." The jewels in Xaro's nose gave him the aspect of some strange glittery bird. His long, elegant fingers waved dismissal. "Let this be your kingdom, most exquisite of queens, and let me be your king. I will give you a throne of gold, if you like. When Qarth begins to pall, we can journey round Yi Ti and search for the dreaming city of the poets, to sip the wine of wisdom from a dead man's skull."

No one fights by begging. Or what do you think? A part of me whispered.. Sometimes z we must stoop to conquer.. Keep pleading and you just might be the first to touch some soft spot in his hardhearted nature. How hilarious! I chuckled. The King, show mercy? No way. 'Stop being a coward, Latifah'. I thought. How? I immediately remembered my father at one time, quoting the famous words of Julius Caesar, that… Cowards die many times before their death. But the villains never taste of death but once.

We were not expected to show anything more than simple respect to royalty, but we bowed to no one in order to protect all. "If you think for a single second that you're going to get me to agree to a marriage contract, then you're dead wrong." The king grinned, but this time it was his son who looked me over with a leering gaze. "Oh, no, you misunderstood me, girl. I wouldn't marry someone with fire like yours off to one of my advisors, when you would make a far better concubine to the throne instead." That comment had my stomach turning. "That fiery little spirit of yours would make for some spirited children. Although, on second thought, you are quite small. I'm not sure that you would actu

'how can one person be that cruel' " I mean exactly that my queen, do you know the reason they have only wealthy and middle class people in their kingdom? it’s because they sell those with nothing to defend themself with to human traffickers that come from the northern African countries. They pay millions for those people and when they sell virgins, they make 5 million a girl. That bloody king wants me to do the same to my people since he is running out of his own stock now since his treating them like cattle." the queen was frozen in place ' what is that man? God or a god, why would he treat his people like that' the queen wanted to say but she knew it will only add onto the king's anger. "

YOU SEEM THE MOST SENSIBLE OUT OF ALL OF THESE JOKERS. I_pooped WOW, IS JOKER THE NEW TERM FOR PEASANT? Will_the_devil CHLOE, ARE YOU LISTENING? YOU DON'T BELONG HERE. DON'T COME HERE. Cereal_killer ARE YOU SERIOUS, DUDE?! Will_the_devil I AM JUST STATING THE HARSH TRUTH. YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU FACE THE QUEEN. I_pooped I HAVE JUST ONE THING TO SAY TO YOU. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S REALLY SAD THAT YOU HAVE TO CALL YOUR OWN MOTHER 'THE QUEEN'

Something inside me went cold and quiet and final. This was the kingdom. The same kingdom that had laughed when I was rejected in a crowded courtyard. The same kingdom that had used my mind when it was useful and discarded me when it wasn't. The same kingdom that had watched me bleed on stone and called it entertainment. The same kingdom that now wanted my death because it was tidier than facing the traitor in its own ranks and the rot in its own council.

The King smiled faintly, not hiding his thoughts, and said, "Edric Croyso has had a streak of bad luck. Three opportunities to be promoted to a higher rank in the nobility have all been ruined by Declan, or else he would have been a duke by now. I brought him back from the border, intending to have him oversee the affairs of The Court of Justice in the future. Yet just as I was about to give him a trial run, this thorny case came up! I’ve issued three decrees, and no one has seen through my intentions. I was worried that I might go to implicate Lord Croyso this time. But as it turns out, he’s quite sharp. Not only did he figure out my intentions, but he also found a way to deal with the sit

he continued And then, as if this was some kind of joke, Andrew lifted his glass to cheers Jeremiah’s now filled one. I had enough. I walked up to them, grabbed both their glasses right out of their hands, downed the entire drink in one go, and slammed them back onto the table with a loud clank. They both stared at me, stunned. "Let’s get one thing straight," I said, my voice low and firm. "The promise I am making today is to neither of you." Their smirks faded. "It is to the kingdom." I let that sink in. "And if you want to spin it like this" my eyes flickered between them, "I might as well reject you both beacause neither one of you is keeping the kingdom in mind right now."