Chapter 1844 My Fucking Duty & Service:>Ep54

• "The Kingdom comes first, Lenna. Duty Comes First. You should fucking know that; you taught it to me." She stalked off down the hall in a way that made it clear she didn't want to be followed at the moment. Lenna sighed, pressing her head to the back of Magnus' closed door. Why couldn't she have married a farrier? Or the town fool. Anyone more reasonable than a Princess on a warpath. She shuffled after her, knowing if she wasn't there, Katerina would likely do more damage.
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• It took another two hours to wrangle the threads of the people who could, realistically, be brought to stand against Adam's bid for the throne. They gathered in a place they would be sure would have no visitors: Vladimir's study. All the same, Jenniq stood watch outside, her curved bow in hand. Turai's sword-sister had not filled her quiver, but it wasn't empty either. And Lenna knew that even without ammo, a warrior of the Sere was the farthest thing from disarmed.