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Chapter Two Hundred and Ten - The Night

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Gianna could feel the longing woven into every movement of his mouth against hers, a hunger built from weeks of separation, of fear, of nights spent wondering if this moment would ever come again. She kissed him back with the same desperate intensity, her fingers curling into the fabric of his shirt as she pulled him closer.

She had missed this. Missed the warmth of his hands against her skin, the weight of him pressed close, the simple, overwhelming reality of being wanted by him after so many
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    Over the following weeks, Nolan watched with growing astonishment as the number of Faes emerging from hiding continued to swell, far beyond anything he had anticipated when he'd first drafted the bill. Families who had lived in isolated pockets throughout the surrounding territories for generations, individuals who had disguised themselves so thoroughly that even their closest neighbors had never suspected the truth, began arriving in steady streams, until their combined numbers were enough to fill an entire village on their own.He hadn't imagined there could be so many. He had believed, as most did, that centuries of persecution had all but wiped them from existence entirely, leaving only scattered survivors clinging to secrecy in the shadows. To see them now, gathering openly, cautiously hopeful, filled him with a pride he hadn't expected to feel so deeply.Through Gianna, these people, who had lost nearly everything, hope included, were finally finding their purpose again.He deci

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    Gianna paced the length of their chambers, her arms wrapped tightly around herself despite the warmth of the afternoon sun streaming through the windows."This is going to destroy everything," she said, her voice tight with panic. "If people believe I caused Pietra to lose her child, if they think I'm cruel, heartless, how am I supposed to convince anyone that Faes deserve compassion and freedom? They'll say the very person championing this cause has no mercy in her heart at all.""Gianna." Nolan caught her arm gently as she passed him again, halting her frantic movement. "Calm down. You're spiraling.""I'm not spiraling," she snapped, though the tremor in her voice betrayed her. "I'm being realistic. This could ruin everything."He didn't release her arm. "Breathe," he said simply. "We'll deal with whatever comes."It didn't take long for her fears to prove justified. By the following morning, word reached them that Pietra had begun speaking openly to anyone who would listen, her voi

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    Nolan led her back through the quiet corridors toward their chambers, his arm remaining wrapped protectively around her waist the entire way, and by the time they reached the door, the last of her earlier fury had settled into something far more manageable, exhaustion replacing the storm that had briefly consumed her.They hadn’t been settled long before a soft knock sounded at the door. Nolan answered it, and Gianna heard her father’s voice, quiet and hesitant, requesting a moment.She sat up slightly as Alexander stepped into the room, his expression carrying none of the earlier desperation from the study, replaced instead by something more subdued, more genuinely remorseful.“I came to apologize,” he said, his eyes finding Gianna’s across the room. “I was only trying to keep you safe, Gianna. I couldn’t protect your mother. I stood there and watched her die, and I’ve carried that failure with me every single day since. When you told me you intended to reveal yourself, all I could t

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    Cyrus followed Gianna to her room."I'm coming with you," he said.Gianna opened her wardrobe and started pulling out dresses. "No, you're not.""It's improper for a married woman to have dinner alone with the King. I'm your husband. I should be there."She held up a dark green gown, examining it.

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