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THE KING’S WORDS

Daphne was in shock when she followed the king. Moved to the fourth bedroom—to the royal quarters! Tears burned the back of her eyes when it finally sunk in. Heavens. She had missed the floral scent of a royal bedroom. The sizeable space. The vast room. She had missed all of this, and now they’d move her to a royal bedroom in the royal quarters.

They cut through another hallway, a