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Mehera.

“It has happened again.” Agnes says, walking inside my chambers just as I was writing a letter to my mother about how it is going in the castle. I want to tell her that the king took me to the castle grounds, how I told him about my heart…but I have to exclude what happened in the carriage. Ever since it happened, I haven’t stopped blushing. My heart is still alive as if today was the first day I was having a crush on the king. It feels like my teenage years when I first set my eyes on him. I am completely in love and devoted to him. I cannot wait to be his wife. I write, before lifting my head to see Agnes.

“Agnes, what are you doing here?”

“I said it has happened again.” She repeats and I had the letter to my maidservant.

“What has?” I ask.

“Yeri. She has managed to slip from the punishment.” Agnes says. I look at my servants and they know their cue to leave the room.

“Her servant has been whipped, what are you talking about?” I ask.

“The king left the picnic early because t