The Rightful Queen
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"Let me get this straight, you want a girl who had zero training to rise from the dead and take her place as Queen?"
Aurae Kingdom had two princesses, one born from the Queen, one born from a mistress. They were Princess Alkas and Princess Ariene. Their fate had been aligned since they were conceived... until a fire broke out inside the palace, killing the king, the mistress and the illegitimate princess.
With no one else to stand in her way, Princess Alkas is ready to take the throne.
If only a band of pirates isn't about to swipe the crown off her head. Under the orders of His Highness, Crown Prince Tylen, the group goes on the hunt for a dead princess to oppose Princess Alkas' ascencion.
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