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Dancing with Deception

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Reads 648,689
Votes 17,713
Parts 17
Time 6h 6m

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In this spin off sequal to the Last Dance, Talia, a Lady in every sense of the word, begins training at the Queen's Shield Academy for Lady Knights upon the insistance of her mother, a woman determined to seat her daughter upon the throne. But after a disasterous first impression will Talia be caught in her dance of deception, or win her Prince? But more importantly, does she want to?All Rights Reserved

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