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Nina pouted “Can’t the prince fall in love again and be happy?”

Shayla stared at her “No, of course not,” she said faintly Thein love with so

“Why not?” her daughter said

Shayla frowned, not sure what to say She could hardly say that she had been too invested in the relationship of two people she didn’t even know, and that hy she didn’t want the prince to fall in in love again

Maybe it was selfish of her, but Shayla was a strong believer that people could only love once, and she was sure there was no man who could ever eclipse the prince-consort in the prince’s heart

Shayla looked down at the glossy azine, at the ice in the prince’s once-warm eyes

Prince Jamil’s heart really seeain

Or fire

Chapter 1

Jamil couldn’t sleep

He tossed and turned in his huge, empty bed for what felt like forever, but sleep evaded him, no matter how tired he was Of course it also didn’t help that he had a splitting headache

Sighing, Jamil sat up He squeezed his eyes shut and reached e bond If he concentrated hard enough, he could almost feel Mehh Adept had checked his mind and confirmed that Jamil’s bond was torn coine that they could feel their deceased bonded Jamil to block off the bond

The pain will soon fade, the mind adept had said All you will feel is absence

Jahed in his face, because it didn’t exactly sound coain, it wasn’t like the h Hronthar were the only people on the planet who didn’t have to be bonded They didn’t knohat it felt like to share a telepathic bond with another person since early childhood They couldn’t even iine what it felt like to have such a cherished bond and then lose it They had no clue Sometimes Jamil envied them that