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“If anyone can bring together the kingdoe,” Lisette said to Jade, “it’s you”

Jade turned to her human friend and emotion swelled within her “I’ve learned soto her eyes “You’ve been ame feel disloyalty over the replacement”

The older wohter I’d always hoped to have”

Jade hugged her She was grateful to finally be of the frame of mind where she could not only accept the friendship and love surrounding her, but give so of herself in return

When Jade pulled away, Sheena dabbed at her cheeks with a handkerchief to ed “Both of you stop, or I’ll be crying too and lose all credibility with the king”

Jade laughed softly “Never He’s very appreciative of everything you do and he holds your strength and deterard He seems to like that in females”

“Please continue to remind him of that, if you wouldn’t mind”

“Between the two of us, we ht be able to keep him in line?” Jade jested

“Not a chance But I like the false sense of hope that thought offers”

Lisette cleared her throat to break up the conversation “At the

Jade should be thinking about is getting married”

She drew in a deep breath as the crowd stood and turned to observe her entrance

“Try not to say or do anything that offends anyone on your way down the aisle,” Lisette added with a wink She and Sheena preceded Jade, who crossed the clearing and then the arched bridge over the river

It was easy to follow Lisette’s direction The people gathered faded into the background as soon as she rounded the corner of the last row of chairs at the back and saw the De at the end of the aisle, before an elaborate, three-sided domed structure made of platinum posts and crimson-and-silver-veinedAnd just the right a

As she’d iined, Davian was sexy as sin in his formalwear