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“Are you willing to take a vow?” I ask quietly, staring at him. “Are you willing to put your family’s lives on the line for that statement?”

His eyes tighten. “I was speaking to the king—”

“And I am his queen, and I am replying to you.”

Cedric shrugs, gesturing with his head toward me. “Answer he...