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“I don’t knohat you’re—” When Leo gave the otherforward “Yes, it was me I wrote those letters”

“Who Ordered It?”

“Your father” Harry held a hand up when Leo growled “He regretted it afterward, though That’s why he specifically requested Baker send in Alicia when they inquired after sending an agent over He felt bad, and after keeping tabs on her for the past ten years, he decided to try to make amends for his actions”

Leo sank in the chair, sing the protests that autoue “But he liked Alicia”

“He did” Harry held his hands out “But you tere so young, and she was a risk your father wasn’t willing to take But as more time passed and you still refused to accept anyone else as your wife, he thought maybe he ht call She’s not a fit queen for this country”

“You think?” Leo asked angrily

How could his father have done this?

“Despite ave her a scholarship to school, and watched over her, kept her off the streets once he realized she was living on the his hands in his pockets “So he didn’t leave her life completely”

“He paid for her schooling?” Leo asked, his throat tight

“Yes She doesn’t know, and never will, but he felt bad for not bringing her over here” Harry shrugged “He was going to tell you, and her, too, even though I advised against it”

Anger at his father warred with grief, and for the first ti his father did He was a fair ood one So the fact that he did this to Alicia was…baffling “Why did he tell you about this, and not me?”

“He enlistedlike you” Harry lowered his head “My king asked ht call”

Leo didn’t say anything, because quite frankly…

He had no clue what to say

But Alicia deserved to hear the truth before she left Deserved to hear that his father decided she wasn’t worth the risk, and intercepted her letters