A Clearing

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Shani didn’t think she could ever be capable of feeling so much disgust. It had its own taste—bitter, burnt, and wrong. It felt like something she wanted to be rid of as fast as she could manage.

She still couldn’t wrap her head around Sivard’s sick ambitions. Where did he get them? Why was he h*llbent on pursuing power—and her? It was all devastatingly sadistic.

You’ll never amount to being a queen!

The words rang in her ...