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"Come, wife, it is time to take you to my chamber," Guinevere heard Artorius say, and his hand engulfed hers.
She wiped her lips to hide their trembling, then let the cloth fall as Artorius led her away from the high table.
Guinevere held her head high, as a queen should, marching with firm steps behind her new king, hoping no one could see the tumult inside. The sheer terror at what was to come.
Someone fell into step behind her. She glanced back, hoping to meet Xylander's gaze so that the eye contact might bolster her courage, but she found one of Artorius' knights following her instead. The knight bowed his head rather than meet her eyes, but it didn't stop her from recognising him. This was the azure knight who'd stared at her so when she first entered Artorius' court. Up cl
