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Daphne shifted uncomfortably at her feet. The king didn’t know that Bridget had ordered her to stop working. Or did he? She knew he wouldn’t do anything about it, but she told him the truth anyway. She had nothing to lose. Kaelen would still hurt her badly if he’d survived what she did to him.

“He’s b-been making advances on me for some time. He wants to have sex with me, and he threatens that the