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Fear filled the older man. He had never seen the king that way. He was not a man to bluff. He hesitated, choosing his words carefully. “We have done everything we could to stop the b-bleeding, but it wouldn’t stop. If it continues for much longer, the child will be g-gone and her body would have to be flushed.”

Silence descended.

The king looked Angie in the eyes then. “For my sake, for your sake,