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their sister Bronwyn down, and she would sit with her ladies while

they swam Cian would splash their sister and tease her mercilessly,

but Beck wasn’t able to join their fun He was expected to act the king

always

“Eyes are always on you, son,” his father would say “They

expect Cian to act the fool, but youevery

minute of your life”

What would his father have thought of his actions this day?

Would his father understand that life had dealt him a horrible set of

cards and he’d played them the only way that made sense? Or would

he turn away in shaht be the latter

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All of his life he had been trained to ruthlessly hide the beast that

lived inside him His own mother had always told him that symbiotic