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2024-10-29 19:42:56It was three days later. The King's entourage had moved into a safe-house of one of the King's supporters. Unfortunately, a doctor had discovered that the spine of the King had been impaired during the knife attack, making walking alone a far-fetched dream for him.
Since then, the King was grumbling and secluding himself in his sickroom. Everyone hoped that he was ruminating on a solution for the conflict right now and how to free the land of this devilish woman that was his wife. However, it was more likely that he was falling into depression and self-pity.
Despite the dire situation, Nathaniel never moved from Katherine's side. He ate, slept and worked in the same room as his wife. Though, to be true, when working he mostly sat there staring into nothing and trying to think of a plan that would better their situation. Since most of the forces were now under the Queen's reign, they had to carefully consider every step they made. As the supposed murderers of the King
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