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EllaAfter Maddie's death, a cold gloom hovered around the castle grounds. There was less laughter, fewer smiles, and no one knew what to do with their free time now that they couldn't come to Maddie and speak and gossip with her.
The King ordered a proper burial for her to be laid to rest with her parents in the West Village. Malcolm had planned to stay in the village that they gr
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