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Chapter 57: Some People Seem to Want and Need a Romantic Relationship

As the heir to the Guevera March, Sebastian not only knew every noble family in their region, but also aristocratic families and ones in influential positions. This included the Zisos family, which...

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Chapter 56: He's a Grown Man

There were fortresses all along the coast, from Anlar to Sur. The fortress at the border between the two regions, which was on a mouth of a river, was jointly overseen by the two marquis families a...

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Chapter 55: Does Your Mom Know Your Plan?

She couldn’t wait to tell Ilyana that she spent her birthday on a boat, cruising King’s Harbor, and gorging on the freshest seafood on the western side of the empire. On the day they scheduled ...

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Chapter 54: The Ice Queen from Lycée

Antonia knew exactly what Monica wanted and, though she had no real qualms with Monica and Matthieu-Philippe as in-laws, she had sworn to herself that she would never betroth her children. That was...

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Chapter 53: As If The Woman Had Escaped

For the last two days, Tori made a point to avoid Dimitri and Gideon. She knew when they were set to arrive and planned around them. She had more important and interesting things she’d rather do....

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Aila's Ramblings - 1/14/21

My break is almost over!  It's hard to believe we're back to regularly scheduled updates. 

It was nice just lazing around for a bit.  I cleaned out a closet, put away all the C...

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Chapter 52: No Reason for Us to be Detained

In his fifteen years of life, he had never faced such a humiliating event. Dimitri stood beside an increasingly frustrated Prince Gideon in a detention cell. They were stopped and detained at the m...

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Chapter 51: There is No Need For You to Marry

The Empress appeared proud of herself for defending her son, but Tori’s mother only looked at her as if she were an idiot.

“I’m not talking about Piers, Monica! I’m talking about ...

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Aila's Ramblings & BREAK REMINDER - 12/30/31

Hello!  

Just a big reminder that I will be on 'break' from January 1st to the 16th.  As such, there will be no updates on Royal Road at that time.  However, Patron will have u...

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Chapter 50: I'm Sowing Discord

Baron Hart appeared confused and looked from Tori and Kasen, to his daughter and her friends. Alessa was standing stiff with a look of horror on her face. On either side of her, Dimitri and Gideon ...

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Chapter 49: How Dramatic Could She Make This Inevitable Confrontation

“So...who do you think approached the other first?”

Tori gave him a droll look. “Baron Hart, obviously.”

“Oh? Why is it obvious?” Andy leaned back against the carriage seat,...

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Map of Continental Soleil (An Attempt)

So, here is a general map of continental Soleil, which doesn't include any overseas territories outside...

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Chapter 48: Their Story Checked Out

While it would take about two weeks to travel from Horizon to Moss Hill in King’s Harbor, the western most city on the continental empire, they wouldn’t have to navigate around or over any moun...

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Chapter 47: Joke's On You

The consecration of various areas of the delta was an all-day event. After much discussion with the villagers, civil engineers, surveyors, and excavators; three sites were consecrated by the Bishop...

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Chapter 46: So We're Name Dropping

“Why won’t you wear it?” Tori frowned and glared at the open comcry on her desk as Nanny Rey brushed and tied up her hair for the day. “I charged it myself!” She was indignant as Axton se...

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Chapter 45: Her Beloved Nanny Abandoned Her

“I’ll miss you.”

“I’ll miss you, too.”

“Don’t overwork yourself.” Ilyana stepped back and Tori smiled helplessly as they stood beside one of the many carriages that li...

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Chapter 44: That’s a Stupid Reason to Get Drunk

“You can pack. I can go without you.”

“Senior Kasen told me to watch you.”

“Are you Senior Kasen’s knight or mine?”

“Yours, but you won’t kill me. They will.”<...

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Aila's Ramblings - 12/18/21

Well, I got nothing done this week and it's cold.  In between work, trying to finish Christmas shopping, and preparing what I need to bake stuff to give out, I've been swamped.  I got may...

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Chapter 43: I Was Told There Would Be a Sea Dragon

“Are they bothering the village or construction?” Tori frowned as she sat on a chair in the front of the dining hall during the weekly meeting. She knew that this most recent annoyance was her ...

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Chapter 42: Stabbing Someone Was a Very Intimate Act

The room went quiet.

The musicians stopped playing and the chattering of teenagers around the table ceased. Tori could feel the sudden tension fill the room as the restaurant master and a ser...

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Chapter 41: Having Friends in High Places Was Very Beneficial

“Signs for Lycée?” Tori raised a brow as she stood outside the doors of Lions Gate High Street, speaking to Headmaster Laurent, who just finished putting in his order for an Axton Spring Trenc...

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Chapter 40: Let's Not Judge

So as not to disturb the participants, Tori asked Albert if their cheering would be a distraction during the event. The crowds normally cheered when the participant entered and when the event was c...

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Chapter 39: Don’t Embarrass Us  

When they returned to Horizon, the city was decorated with flower garlands draped across its busiest streets and wrapped around light poles. There were many stalls and most streets adjacent to plaz...

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Chapter 38: As Naturally as Breathing

Every weekend, whether she was in the delta or not, there was a village meeting in the largest of the dining tents. It started off with statuses on various large and small projects around the camp ...

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Aila's Ramblings - 12/06/21

As we're approaching chapter 50 (slowly, but surely), I'm figuring out my plans to take a break for two weeks.  I figure after 3 months of writing 5k-6k words almost daily, I should take some ...

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Chapter 37: Because I Want to Live

She really should’ve considered him more. Any position with that much prestige, power, and responsibility also carried a significant burden. As much as Tori didn’t want Gideon to become the cro...

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Chapter 36: A Strategic Move For His Succession

She had plans, but Tori did to accompany him to parties he was invited to, so she felt obligated to go. She expected him to tell her about an event one of these days. However, she didn’t think he...

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Chapter 35: Trust Me, This is Perfectly Safe

With the temporary hold on her crystal experiments, she turned her attention to trying charms.

Kasen’s notes on basic Old Sulfae commonly seen on charms told her to start off with freezing ...

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Chapter 34: A Bit Too Smooth

There were two carriages that Tori contracted for her weekend trip to the delta: one for Constantine and the brother at the Eshra Shrine, and the other to carry her, Nanny Rey, and Axton. Ilyana an...

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Chapter 33: I'm Sorry To Disappoint You

She knew it was bad when she saw her midterm exams as a break from the stress she was currently experiencing. Just after midterm exams, a small report was due on the status of her Lycée Project an...

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