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River stands unwaveringly tall, staring down Nolda with the fortitude of any king I’ve ever seen. It makes sense that the queen would want him by her side.
The room remains silent with the revelation. My eyes flick from River to Nolda, whose face is somehow sallower than it was before.
“You’re to marry Queen Camille?”
“No,” River shakes his head. “Not the queen. The princess.”
Turning back toward River, my eyes narrow. He hadn’t mentioned a princess before. How would that make him king?
“The princess? She... she’s been found?”
My head volleys back and forth between the demon and the reaper, frustrated that I’m missing key details that would help make this picture clearer.
“It’s why I’m still here,” River explains. “The queen believes she might know something about the princess,” he says, nodding his head to indicate me.
“Me? I... don’t,” I admit.
“Spit it out, reaper. What makes Queen Camille think she knows anything?” Nolda snaps, seemingly as aggravated as I am.
River glances at me for a moment before turning back to Nolda. “Your guess is as good as mine. I’m to bring her to the reaper kingdom. Only then will Queen Camille give you her aid.”
