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80. Potential consequences
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2025-04-06 05:54:49Adrian
I spent the night tossing and turning, my thoughts racing from one extreme to another. Whether or not I should renounce my claim to the throne or not weighed on me and kept me from getting any rest. I felt like my whole identity was wrapped in the succession, and now it was all possibly going to vanish. Was I even the same person if I didn’t have the crown?
It was startling to realize that I didn’t know who I was outside of being Crown Prince. It had shaped my entire life, and I had nbo clue who I was outside of it. How had Chloe loved me when I didn’t even know who I was? What if I gave up the crown, found Chloe, and she didn’t even want me anymore?
I knew the thought was silly – Chloe wasn’t that shallow. If she’d really been after me just because I was the Crown Prince, she wouldn’t have left because she couldn’t handle the position. There were so many factors that could stop her from wanting me, but giving up the throne wasn’t
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