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Chapter Nineteen ▏The Mercenary
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2024-10-29 19:42:56“What?” I stammer, looking behind me and turning to Alistair. “What did he say?”
“The princess of Acantha just died,” he tells me, leaning towards my ear to speak more clearly. “This man said she died in her sleep. I think she was supposed to be coronated before fall? I don’t really know. But that’s one less tyrant for us.”
His words remain in my ears and in my head just as he pulls away, and they’re sticking to every corner in my head like settling dust.
The procession here in the town hall is for me. The dead princess.
But why did they say I died in my sleep?
I would get it if they mentioned the fact that I was sent on The Hunt and got attacked along the way. But why would they lie and say something completely different?
“Huh,” the old woman says. “No name?”
“No name,” Alistair confirms before her friend can answer. “They don’t disclose the names until coronation, remember? We only get news about Heirs being born, and after t
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