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Chapter 65: Thwarted Plan
By the time that the great bell of Gaulane chimed twelve times, the preparation for Shia’s wedding had been complete. The servants had donned her into the dress his majesty had picked for her the day before. They had braded her hair upwards, revealing her long, slender neck and had decorated her hair with flowers and jewels of every kind.
“Please add more pins to my hair,” Shia requested.
“It’s already well secured, my lady.”
“It’s alright. I just want to make sure it’ll not fall. Please add more.”
Thankfully, the servant had consented to her request. They added more metal pins to her hair. If her hunch was right, she would need them badly today.
After the servant finished fixing her hair, Shia tentatively looked at her reflection at the mirror. She looked like an exquisite porcelain doll – a soul less, lifeless caricature of beauty, which perfectly fitted the position of a queen to a vile old king like Caldwell the First.
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