For the King
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"I would always choose you. In every lifetime that we may be allowed to have, I will try and find you again. I am just sorry that it cannot be this one."
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Sixteen years ago, the Castle of Fensal fell, and King Amycus Hanoverre emerged as the new ruler after a brutal revolution.
Avalon had never known a world before her father's rule. She wasn't sure that she ever would have wanted to. That does not stop her desire to see the world outside of the castle's walls, leading her stumbling into a secret that will drag her into a conflict she should never have been a part of.
She is pulled into a world of political intrigue, intricate relationships, and complex challenges that will shape the course of her life, and those of the people she loves. Avalon quickly finds the fate of kingdom rests in her shaking hands.
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