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"You are the Cinders Girl. Born of ash and burned through fire."

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“Do not cry for me,” Alaric’s voice tempted her gaze back to his as she started to look away again. “And do not put yourself into harm for my sake. I am not as ignorant as they think I am, nor as gullible as they would like to believe. I am perfectly aware of their attempts to purchase the silver crown.” He sighed, but did not deny that they would succeed.

"The King has a garden full of flowers far more worthy for a royal palace.” She looked at Ella as if her words had a double meaning. She plucked the flower, the motion pulling out half the plant with it, and threw it aside carelessly. “I feel I need to remind you, *servant*, that you are speaking to a lady of the nobles. Remember your place. What would you know, anyway, of the heart of our King?”

This was no Boy King who had ascended the Throne at the tender age of eleven. This man knew strength and capability.