“Love has no place in royalty.” Nicholas tilted his head down and lowered his gaze. “I will be forced to marry the best Luna candidate in the Choosing Game. I can only hope that, at the very least, perhaps a sense of friendship will blossom later.”
“And Lilliana is the best?” I asked.
He sighed. “She is the one my father has chosen for now. It could change over the course of the competition. His whims can be fickle. But what would it matter? They are more or less all the same.”
My heart broke at his words. Hearing this usually confident man so… complacent – so accepting of such an unwelcomed fate – tugged at my emotions.
“I want children,” he continued. “I believe that my life will be fulfilled enough with family, even if I can’t be with a partner I would have truly wished for.”
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