Reborn: A Queen's Vengeance

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as, for me, the day my life ha

jeering crowd, and Prince Adrian, the man I loved, stan

f treason-all to cl

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very ceremony that

for my choice between Gene

w warning, meant only for me: "Don't even

King that his heart belonged to Lady

have crumbled,

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he entire hall to hear, I decla

ning, the murmurs of

defiance, later corner

whispering, "When you get tired of his boring silence, you can c

egard for my dignity, fueled

oice like ice. "I belong to no one but myse

not the girl he knew, leaving

by faking an injury led to Adrian striking me, then sho

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hurt my

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ing at Lyra' s still form

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destr

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dust-worn armor telling of his rapi

as b