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Chapter 24: My Fault
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2022-04-26 14:42:14A hundred whips and my skin feels torn, but not my determination to love Max. I see mom, step into the dungeon, as she bends on her knees letting the straps on my arms lose.
“A princess listens, they don't rebel”, she says. Her voice is laced with venom.
“That beggar won't give you anything except pleasure, but to live a life like a queen you need to marry a king. You can keep him as your concubine, someone you can fuck, but not your life partner.”, her eyes are calm as she says this.
How could she say this? I love him, and he deserves the world from me. He is my equal, someone that will stand by my side, and not below me. And concubine. I can never turn him to that, even though he would be mine forever, a concubine
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