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CAMILLA’S P.O.V

I couldn’t stop myself from fidgeting as I walked out of the room. I had never felt so at war with myself before. I knew that girl- at least, my body did- but my mind could not conjure up a single memory of her. I knew fiercely in my heart that I loved her, I knew that if I had said those words, they would be true but I couldn’t. I couldn’t bring myself to say them when I didn’t even know who she was.

“Camilla,” Marie wrapped her hand around my bicep and pulled me to a stop. “I cannot keep running after you. You need to stop.”

“Did you see that?” I asked and she shrugged.

“She looks like you,” I shot her a hard look and she laughed. “If I had any doubts that those were your children, they have been

mate and away. It was like looking into your past. Damn, Camilla, you have daughters, you have a

mate and a cousin, you have a family.”

“That’s the problem, I don’t remember them,” I whispered harshly not wanting anyone to overhear me. “I feel like an imposter. I feel like they w

want

like an imposter. I feel like they me to be this person and I cannot be her because I do not know her. I am not the girl they think I am and that has to be one of the most horrible feelings because I would give anything to be that girl.”

Her eyes softened and she pulled me in for a hug. I was surprised because Marie was not the affectionate type. She was the kind of person cared about someone and yet here she was, embracing me like her life depended on it. Her shoulders were stiff and her arms were a bit cold, but it was contact nonetheless and it was something I needed.

O would rather put her hands into the mouth of a bear than actually show that she

We stayed there for a full minute not speaking or even breathing too loud before she finally pulled away. “That is all the warmth I have in me for the next year or so.”

“Thank you, Marie. You don’t know how good it feels to know that I have at least one

get used to being Queen, Camilla. This is who you are and I am sure that

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know if I can last an entire year. I just want to go back to the town. I want

up only to find

Marie, I am not cut

a few days but now this is getting embarrassing,” she crossed her arms over her chest. “You have been given a once in a lifetime

“Marie-”

I frowned. “I never pegged you as a quitter, Camilla, I thought

go after her but knowing Marie, she needed some time alone. This wasn’t just about me, it was clear that there was more to the story

my feet lead me. The guards whispered as they watched me, I tried to pretend like it didn’t affect me but it did. I kept my head high and briefly acknowledged each of them as I made my way out of the palace. I walked down the side until I got to what I realized was a beautiful fountain. It stood there

on the floor in front of it. I reached out a hand

come to me. It flowed so easily and I let out a sigh. Despite it being the thing that almost

water sloshed to the ground as I nearly jumped from the strange voice. I turned to see an older man wearing a coat. He had salt and pepper hair and his eyes

to

of the few who truly believed you to be dead. It would have been

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she got to the

told me about him. “Although, I did hear that you managed some impressive feats on that cliff. I

want to talk about the cliff.”

filter and I never learned how to streamline my thoughts before saying them out loud. What you went through must have been traumatic for it to have taken you over two months

it for a second before shaking my head. As appealing as training sounded, I just needed some time to myself. I wanted to think and this seemed to be the only place

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