Lies That Blind Us
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Last published Thu, Oct 31, 2024
Jane is only six years when she's sent away from her country to meet the prince she's betrothed to.
She never makes it to the castle at the other side and neither does she make it back home. No problem. Because being the heir to the throne both parties are bound to look for her but why is it that even after more than a decade, no word of her comes out?
Living at her rivals land as a peasant may not sound as appealing but she chooses it over the choice of going back to the countrymen that betrayed her and a betrothal that might have served as her demise.
Will she get the chance to go back to her rightful place? And if so, how much will it cost her to get back all the power that she'd been stripped off of?
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