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“And what has ?”

Liadan shrugged gracefully “He rarely leaves the Queen’s side

He dotes on her when he should be working She demands it I

thought she wasn’t royal, Your Highness, but she certainly acts like it

She forced the woe to sew her a neardrobe, and

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human food She even took one of my dresses The new queen thinks

that anything to catch her eye should be hers, I suppose”

“Is that a fact?” Beck asked

Liadan looked properly intirowl

“She is even forcing the villagers to work for her,” Liadan said,

pointing out a stall There was a long line, and two young sidhe were

working hard to sell some sort of food product