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"We want to reinstate your title and lands, Samantha They are yours and have been kept in trust until we could find you" Rose watched me, apparently not sure of my reaction

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"As I said, the queen wants to reinstate your lands, Samantha" Rose calmly folded her hands in her lap "She wants to reinstate your title"

"Title?" Myhts, you are the Duchess of Rousseau You are the legal heir"

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"Samantha, ask yourself this: Why did your mother keep her maiden name? Why did she not take your stepfather’s last name for you and herself?" Rose sat patiently, her face blank as she waited for me to think about it

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