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"But this is what you want, isn’t it? This way you can have both I’ll be your wife I’ll be the et all about the one that died, it will just be me and you and our perfect family, and you’ll be a prince, Evret, which will be so uard and--"
"Stop it!"
She froze, the fire in her veins doused with the anger in his tone His breath had beco so far away fro, Levana released the power she held over his feet and he stuainst a wall
"Please," he said "Please go back to how you were You don’t understand … you don’t kno you’re hurting me"
Embarrassment wound its way up Levana’s throat, coupled with deter She stepped closer, al hio
"You can’t tell ift, and the card After … every time you’ve s to be nice"
"You love round her teeth, dizzy anting "I’e as my mother when she was er, maybe
Or passion
She looked down at his clenched hands, iht You don’t have to deny it anyh you ht now, you are not her" He turned his face away, cringing from his oords "The last time I was in this palace I disobeyed my queen, and now I’ve insulted my princess before I’ve even returned to rination froht, and plead the croill bein Levana’s eyes, but she blinked it away "No Your resignation is refused, and I will tell Channary to refuse it as well"
He groaned "Your Highness, please don’t…"
"I won’t let you And I won’t let you deny what I know in my heart to be true"
Levana had always beena person’s emotions That sort of es, with all their training and skills
But now she forced her way into Evret’s thoughts as easily as plunging a finger into wet soil Guards were always easily controlled--a security measure--and Evret was no different His mind offered no resistance
"You love ainst his, feeling the warth and the forcefulness of his hands suddenly gripping her upper arms "You love le on his face, feel the resistance that he tried to throw up around his mind Around his heart
A pathetic attempt
He couldn’t resist her She wouldn’t allow it Not now Not when he was meant to be hers When she kneanted this as much as she did, if only he would see it