Chapter 234

• He lowered his head and stared at the empty lane. Two guards patrolled by. "It is not my decision to make anymore. I am giving her a choice."
• "No, you aren't. To uncollar her is to give her a choice, but to make her a Queen is to take the choice of her ever staying away from her. Please, don't do it... Please. You deserve to be happy! She deserves to be happy too!"
• He will not budge. "She has a duty to her people. Once I uncollar her, being a free person isn't an option, Baski. She was a princess. Her father's throne is empty. She has a duty to fill it."