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CHAPTER 209: I'M WEARING THE CROWN.

AVERY...S POV:

Thaddeus wanted to protest. I saw it—tight jaw, the twitch of his fingers, that familiar flicker of defiance in his eyes. The old soldier still thought he could protect me from behind a line of no...s.

But one glare from me—and he folded.

Not with shame. With understanding.

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