Chapter 0447

Nicholas POV

“You should have kissed Bridget, Nicholas,” my father said to me.

We were standing in the private rooms he shared with my mother. The King was glaring at me. The Luna was sitting at the table, busying herself with needlepoint and paying us little attention. I knew my father had her full support, however. Talks like these were usually part of a two–pronged attack. 1

In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if this entire conversation hadn’t been mainly my mother’s

idea.

“I didn’t think the play needed it,” I said.

“To hell with what the play needed,” the King said. His blood pressure was rising. His face was turning red. “You should have kissed her to kiss her.”

“You aren’t giving Bridget enough of a chance,” the Luna said from the table.

I nearly sighed but held back. Like I had guessed, my mother was more involved than she pretended to be.

I are just friends,” I said to her, because I knew she was the one I

face me. “This is a

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My mother already chose my bride for me, now she intended to guide me into

one I really wanted, Piper, was off–limits. They had made that clear plenty of times.

didn’t particularly want the job. And even I worried about bringing

the choice taken

me rankled my nerves

farce. Most of these girls could go home right now and it wouldn’t make any difference. Keeping

thought Lilliana was the one you wanted me to pair up with,”

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smart, boy,”

like me to speak out of turn to my parents, but this entire day had been one event after the next of people not listening to my wants and making decisions

in charge of my own life. My instinct was to protect those around me. To shield them. Not to

respected my parents. Respected Bridget. I was so tired of being disrespected in

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