Pigsty Princess by Nancy S. Brandt

Author:Nancy S. Brandt [Brandt, Nancy S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Astraea Press, LLC
Published: 2015-03-01T16:00:00+00:00

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“Thank you for letting her have the wedding.” King Jonathan poured another bit of brandy into his glass. “It was nice of you.”

“Nice.” Alexandria placed a small piece of wood on the already blazing fire. “She got away with defying us.”

“What else could we have done?” he asked. “What reason could I have given her for refusing to let her marry the man she claims to love?”

She sat across the table from him, her chestnut-brown hair released from its customary tight braids and falling softly over her shoulders. Jon realized her anger at him had hardened her face into a fearsome mockery of the exquisite beauty she’d once been. Even after nearly twenty years, she held onto that betrayal like a talisman, refusing to set it aside for even an hour.

“You are the King. That should be enough.”

“She is my daughter, Alex. I want her to be happy. We want all the children to be happy.”

“She did it only to defy us.” His wife shook her head. “She doesn’t love that pig farmer. How could she?”

“Maybe she does.” Jonathan shrugged. “Stranger things have happened, you know.” The words were out of his mouth before he realized it.

Alexandria glared at him. “Maybe blood tells, after all. Like father, like daughter, I suppose.”

Jonathan swallowed, but plunged on. “But we’re safe now, right? He might not be Leo, but Orlando is a commoner, an Insensitive. Her powers will atrophy. The words of the ceremony froze her power and nothing more can happen. It is what we wanted.”

“Maybe,” the Queen said. She stood. “Well, at least she won’t be in the palace anymore. That’s something, I suppose.” Without another word, she left him alone—again.

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