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Author: JM Snap
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“This is the future queen, Lady Allissa. Once she is crowned, I expect you all to refer to her as her highness or her majesty. For today, Lady Allissa will be just fine.” Winifred patted my hand with a smile.

“We should have a toast to our future queen,” Cleo said, motioning one of the servers over. The server handed us each a drink as Cleo raised hers in the air. “To our queen. May she lead our pack with wisdom and grace.”

I wasn’t buying this act at all, and I knew something else was up her sleeves. The ladies all lifted their glasses up, and I joined them. Toasting to myself. To my surprise, the drink was sparkling, with a hint of alcohol. It had a unique aged grape flavoring. “That is our kingdom’s finest wine. Of course you know all about our ancient vineyards as our future queen, right?”

And there it was. She wanted to use this moment to insult my intelligence and show how incompetent I was.

“I have seen the vineyards from the balcony. I want to take a stroll through them once t
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