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“Are you alright?” Mom asks, and I nod before telling her I’m okay as she settles next to me. We are in the garden. I come here when I want to think. The walls suffocate me and make me more frustrated.
Stormweaver still hasn’t been able to read Clio. When he asked my father to see her nine months ago, he told him it was impossible and forced him to use other methods. But they clearly haven’t worked, so today when he came once again with disappointing news, I went to him and told him I could arrange for him to see Clio because his request gave me an idea that could make my moving into the palace a lot smoother.
Clio isn’t pregnant, which means my father’s plan is coming together and that also means it’s safe for me to get the ball rolling on my side an
