Chapter Seventeen
Although men often were considered the chief strategists and architects of war, they had nothing on the cunning of a determined woman when her heart was on the line. It didn’t take long for us to figure out that although Galen was there for Elaine, Isolde and I also had a chance. Despite his protestations of love, we all knew Galen simply was looking for a well-bred wife. I was the same rank as Elaine, and perhaps more attractive due to our shared Votadini heritage and the dowry of Votadini lands near Stirling I had inherited upon my mother’s death, not to mention the numerous gold mines that dotted my father’s kingdom. Isolde, on the other hand, was heir to the throne of Ireland, making her the highest-ranking of all of us, and therefore, also the most dangerous.
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