The-Sinful-King-By-Claire-Contreras-PDF

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“I“That’s because you’re in the room.” Aramis smirked as
he walked over to me.
“Hilarious.”
“Are you nervous?”
“What do you think?” I shot him a look.
I would love to say I’d been preparing for this my entire
life, but that would be a lie. While I’d been bred for this, my
father always acted as if he never expected to die. As if all of
us would be under his rule forever. And so, I was truly lost in
this role. I knew what my responses would be during the
coronation. I knew I’d have to finally face the members of
the cabinet and had a speech prepared for that, but
everything this entailed and everything that would be
expected of me after today? No, I was not ready for it. I
hadn’t met a monarch thus far who said they’d been truly
prepared for it.
“This will be the first coronation to be televised since . . .
” Aramis whistled. “Well, since Queen Elizabeth II.” He
chuckled. “No pressure.”
“You’re a real jerk, you know that?” I exhaled as I
continued to tug on my collar and looked at Pierre. “How
t feels stu
shirt.
y in here.” I pulled at the collar of my