The Duke of Marinne stared at his daughter’s letter detailing her engagement to prince Phillip of Kantarina.
He closed his eyes as his head, teeth, everything in his body started to ache. He breathed deep, trying think of how he was going to stop this.
It couldn’t happen or everything will fall apart and King Stefan will win. The world will surely come to an end if the tyrant that was King Stefan seized the throne of the Grand King.
The duke couldn’t even imagine it. That’s the reason why things had ended this way, because none of them could imagine it – King Stefan as the Grand King.
His conversation with the Grand King returned to him making him regret his decision of not taking action then. He should have listened to him, and made the past right.
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“Lionard. You know I woul
