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My gaze rose slowly to the Councilors. “I will help you however I can, but I have to ask... why are you telling me this?” Hepta’s head cocked, the creased lines of her aging face becoming more prominent with her frown. “I don’t understand what you mean.” “Why save me and bring me here? What is it your Crown wants from me?” “Your Majesty... you are our Crown.
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Penn Cole (Heat of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #3))