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 knew she was the one I was talking to, and that my father was

to the tabletop, then turned in her chair to face me. “This is a competition

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chose my bride for me, now she intended to guide

really wanted, Piper, was off–limits. They had made that clear plenty

didn’t particularly want the job. And even I worried about bringing her and Elva into the dangerous

have the choice taken entirel

nerves like no

a farce. Most of these girls could go home right now and it wouldn’t

Lilliana was the one you wanted me to pair up with,” I said.

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boy,”

entire day had been one event after the

charge of my own life. My instinct was to protect those

respected my parents. Respected Bridget. I was so tired of

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