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The future queen's dilemma
She was promised to a king before she was asked. That's how the old stories open. A kingdom needs stability, a match is arranged, and the marriage is what makes her secure. Her own talent, her own work and whatever she might build on her own count for less than the signature on the alliance. The arrangement isn't cruel, exactly. It's the system working the way it was designed to. In the version I'm writing, the future queen doesn't want the throne. She wants to give the kingdom to the people who...