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dle with the tray of food set on the table in the center of the opulent room. I'd only had minimal input on the décor, but I liked it. From the mound of decorative pillows on the couches to t

as up to me to continue the bloodline. I'd been trained to hone my skills and had exceled in all of my learning, but then I'd plateaued and everyone knew why. I needed my mate to balance me, to keep me from being consumed by Vetur. Not just any mate would do though. My power had to

w what is at stake here," The Queen finally replied. She didn't wait for me

ed our men to remain alone for the entirety of their lives or form a household with one woman and multiple men. Even though The Queen was married to my father, she maintained relationships with three others in her royal guard. My father had been the first to be able to match her power. They'd discovered each other long before her power became destructive. This fact only served to prove how superior she believed herself to be to me. The only other alternative for our males was to ma

eyes as they froze in their sockets. The look a horrific combination of shock, fear, and anger. I hadn't understood his anger. I'd warned him. Begged him not to touch me, but he'd insisted. I'd done everything in my power to dissuade them all, even going so far as to try and run away from my home. No one listened. And a small part of me had wondered. Wondered if he could be right.

t'd registered him as a threat and immediately attacked. I'd watched his eyes as he caressed me. Watched as stark realization dawned in them. The smug smirk he'd worn had begun to fade, but stopped, frozen in place. I'd known without looking at his hand that it had frozen on my neck, the only spot that had been uncovered enough for him to touch. I'd known that as he struggled to remove that hand, his body ha

" The Queen's voice brought my gaze from the snow-covered landscape beyond the window and m

he'd told me not to carry his death on my shoulders, to put the blame right where it belonged. At my mother's feet. I smiled softly when she briefly squeezed my shoulder before picking through my plethora of makeup. I didn't know how I would have made it all these years without her and Kormen. The

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." She turned and sailed out of the room t