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.

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

chair to face me. “This is

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my bride for me, now

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

about bringing her and Elva into the dangerous and precarious situations such a role would require. 1

to have the choice taken

me rankled my nerves like no other.

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

Lilliana was the one you wanted me to pair

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smart, boy,” the King snapped.

a little. It wasn’t like me to speak out of turn to my parents, but this entire day had been

an urge, but a need to be in charge of my own life. My instinct was to protect those around me. To shield them. Not

imagined vision made me furious. I respected my parents. Respected Bridget. I was

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