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Chapter 2 Becoming The King
spread through the corridors, carried by servants who had seen the physician
acked in his chambers the
was fragile. He was not to be disturbed, and h
ws standing in the corridor outside the r
unded?" he aske
id carefully, which was, Amara thought from where she stood listening beh
e coron
nsists it proce
e shifted tow
s sh
n her brother's private study,
day. Perhaps two, if the physician holds his silence. But you
es, blood dried along one sleeve. "Once Adrian is crowned, removing him becomes a matter of treason, not succession. Lucien w
who was gravely injured last night cannot simp
ted on being crowned regardless of his physician's objections - that man is permitted to look
shifted, reluctant understand
e the wound as
Amara crossed to the wardrobe. "Bring me his clo
ra,
ange if the king who addresses them today sounds unlike himself. They will t
en, slowly, she crossed to the wardrobe
she said, "there i
ered Adrian'
my
at blade went into his chest," she said.
shoulders were slightly broad, but it fit well enough
cken and coat-swallowed,
icked up t
abbed h
ai
looked
n does not ne
ara said quietly, "might have lost some of it to a blade
ront of the coat.Then another. A
e as Amara transformed
e military coat and shortened hair, beneath the story of a man who had nearly died - the resemblance to Adrian was clo
swall
r vo
he way exhaustion had thinned Adrian's voice in hi
me out low, and rough, and tired in a
s filled w
ho should be resting, not
said, "for a king who ins
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