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KING CONRAD’S CHILDREN NON-BIOLOGICALLY

King Leonidas walked into the dungeon. The two new prisoners knelt before him in greeting.

“Your h-Highness,” they said in unison, their voices showing their nervousness.

King Leonidas stood at the entrance of their cell and looked at both women, Coria and Zenia. He had a fleeting memory of Coria back in Mercer. He had never known her to be wicked. Her actio