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Duffy juet about uard I won’t let no one else ogle the royal bosoms”

The door closed She was alone She could breathe

What had happened? Could she even believe her eyes?

“Hello, Your Highness”

She started “I really wish Fae would stop clih my ”

The sh He had enormous eyes and what looked to be sharp teeth His clawed feet clung to the sill “You will have to excuse hness I wanted to see what all the fuss was about…and to beg a moment of your time on behalf of my family”

“I don’t knohat I could do for your fah she’d never seen one up close A phooka could be a dangerous thing, but sos and became deeply loyal A bonded phooka would burn down the plane for its “family”

The phooka’s eyes narrowed to slits “You could do a hell of a lot hness Has cowardice been good to you?”

The words hurt because she saw soo away”

The laugh that huffed from the phooka’s mouth couldn’t be ter or two Tell ht to wear a crown? Is there anything about you that is ful besides the fact that whatever brat you spill frohs will have royal blood?”

The creature was pulling at her every nerve “I have done nothing to deserve your scorn”

“Oh, yes, you have done nothing and doing nothing absolutely deserves ive you that You were a child But a wo while her people are slaughtered, while innocent bonds and tortured and turned into weapons to be used against our once allies You are a woht, and died rallying behind her family name Did you know your cousin Keir died?”

Her sweet cos, Keir, had only been a few years older than she was, but she knew the story After Torin had killed her father, Keir had raised an army

And his ar with them

“Other revolts have been started all under the Finn banner But Bronwyn Finn hid and plowed her fields and kept her head down You still have a head Many of the brave ones don’t”