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    “what?” Her father was yelling now. “A man from another family? And you, as an unmarried girl, just think that you can meet him in secret? Do you have any idea what this means for your future?”


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    He would have to go back to that prison. He would be forced to withstand his mother''s constant nagging until he finally received his brother''s permission to leave. And they couldn''t even be sure that the emperor would ever allow him to leave. In the worst case, Lucille had condemned him to a life full of terror and manipulation. She knew how that felt, and his mother was way worse than her father had ever been. That thought only made her sob again, and her tears came back with full force. “I''m sorry...”


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