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2021-07-18 09:56:40“See you in a few hours Princess, and don’t forget to look happy.” He said as he took a step back, turned and walked out of the room without so much as a second glance.
She felt her knees give way and she fell to the ground. He was a horrible man, and he was right. She had no one to come to her aide. No one to be her champion this time. She had to endure whatever he had planned for her.
That thought didn’t sit well with her. She would find a way to kill him and end this all. She had nothing left to lose.
She began to take slow,deep, steady breaths. Seconds later she slowly stood up and walked over to her bed and sat the box of jewels down upon it. They were her mother’s. She smiled at that thought. She recalled when she was little and her mother wore the gold stone ea
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