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Acelin’s P.O.V
I rasped my knuckles on the mahogany double doors that guarded my mother’s parlor. The sound of the knock reverberated through the empty hallways and I took a minute to admire the woodwork while I waited on my mother to answer. Truly, there was none other like Michelangelo.
“You called, mother?” I opened the door after I had permission to come in.
“Filii amica mea!” (My darling son) My mother opened her arms for me with a gorgeous smile. “Come here!”
“Salve mater,” (Hello mother) I went into her arms with a smile. “How have you been?”
“Good, good,” she caressed my cheeks like I was still her little baby. “Come, sit. I’ve ordered to make your favorite cherry cobbler for desert today. You’ll be staying for dinner.”
It wasn’t a request but a statement so I smiled an
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