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My sight, my sense of sound, didn\u2019t return to normal until the dance had ended and the guests applauded. I remained staring up at him as the people moved around us, chatting and sampling desserts, completely unburdened. As the shock thawed from my body, horror settled in. I would have collapsed under its weight, were it not for his hands on my waist, effortlessly propping me up. \u201cI can\u2019t do that,\u201d I finally said, my voice slow and stunned. \u201cI can\u2019t give you my child.\u201d Something indiscernible shifted in his bright eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not? People give up their children every day for far lesser reasons.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not those people,\u201d I argued. \u201cAnd then, I won\u2019t have children at all if I don\u2019t please the king.\u201d \u201cAnd if you don\u2019t, he could hurt you, and ignite a war in your name,\u201d said Roderick. \u201cWell, Gertrude\u2019s name.\u201d I slammed my hand on his chest, not caring how this appeared to onlookers. \u201cThis isn\u2019t funny!\u201d He raised his brows. \u201cDo you see me laughing, Ottoline?\u201d My hand slid down his shoulder to feebly grip his forearm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has to be something else you can ask of me.\u201d He searched my face, then quietly said, \u201cYou have nothing else that I would want.\u201d \u201cYou want to rip my child from my arms the day it\u2019s born, and what? Replace it with a changeling that I\u2019d raise as a prince? Is that it?\u201d \u201cThe only one who qualifies as a changeling here is you, my dear,\u201d he said with a brief laugh.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can always have more children. And I would never hurt it, that I can promise you.\u201d \u201cYou think he would have more children with me after I tell him our firstborn is going to be used to pay a faerie debt? Are you mad?\u201d I spat, pushing away from him. He caught my wrist, holding me still. \u201cI\u2019m not mad, I assure you. Everything I do has a good reason, even if it might mean nothing to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis,\u201d I said, trying to be firm, but shaking as tears threatened to pour from my eyes. \u201cThis is why no one likes your kind, because you do things like this.\u201d Hurt flashed across his face. \u201cIf you don\u2019t want my help, just say so.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t want this,\u201d I blubbered, shaking my head. \u201cI want you to put me back where I was.\u201d \u201cI put you back, and Gertrude will have you beheaded for treason,\u201d he reminded me.<\/p>\n

I looked up at him, feeling the walls closing in on me. No matter where I turned, I ran into a dead end. There was no way to break through and make myself an exit out of this mess. \u201cDo you want time to think about it?\u201d Roderick said, his voice subdued. \u201cI don\u2019t have time.\u201d I wiped at my face, sniffling. \u201cIs there anything else you could possibly want?<\/p>\n

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OceanofPDF.com Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Note From the Author About the Author Also by Lucy Tempest OceanofPDF.com OceanofPDF.com T Chapter One here was only so much more of this I could take. My knuckles were white against my ruddy skin as I gripped the railing of the ship\u2019s balcony, staring out at the dark waters, weathering the frigid winter air.<\/p>\n

But anything was better than going back inside Princess Gertrude\u2019s designated quarters, even when they were lavish and warm. After all, she was afforded only the best as a member of the Avongartan royal family, while we traveled to what would be our new residence once she married the Crown Prince of Orcage. I might have blamed her excessive attitude on worry about venturing into a foreign land and a new role.<\/p>\n

I myself was nervous about the uncertainty of this new life. But not even that could excuse her behavior. She\u2019d been like that since the day I\u2019d been first \u201cpromoted\u201d into the misfortune of being her lady\u2019s maid. I couldn\u2019t believe it had been that long ago. Three whole years that I had waited hand and foot on the most petulant, demanding malcontent to ever walk Folkshore.<\/p>\n

Every day I woke up hoping for a crumb of appreciation, a simple thanks, even one she didn\u2019t mean. But all I got was worse than nothing. Any attention I got from her had been granted in the worst way. \u201cOttoline!\u201d Gertrude shrieked from behind me. \u201cUnless you fell over, get back in here and draw my bath!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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