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CHANGE

Daphne was carrying the king’s child. She was pregnant by him.

As Veronica walked to the healer’s house, those words wouldn’t stop ringing in her ears. Her hands fisted at her side, and her eyes blazed in anger and banked-up rage.

How could something like this happen?

She had been trying for months now to carry the king’s child, and she hadn’t been able to achieve that.

Instead, she carried