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Guinevere masked the little hurt she felt when Richmond snapped at her, she simply shook her head. "Richie, you didn't do anything wrong. If you don't believe anything I tell you, at least believe that." Guinevere sighed placing her hand over his.

"When I was fifteen, Joshua was outraged that I declined his offer of marriage. If there was thing His Father did do right in his life, it was that he loved his children." Guinevere took a small breath, no one outside of Padlin knew about this and she hadn't spoken a word of it. "Furious with me, he had his Father attempt to take over Padlin in hopes that, by threatening my family, and my country, and everything I held dear, I would surrender." Guinevere looked down at their hands. "I refused, as I knew if I accepted, the war with Rhoden would end, but a war with Talwen would begin as you and I were at that point the only thing keeping peace between our countries. The King, had control of my Fathers throne for two weeks, We pulled men together, and fought and found a way." Guinevere looked at Richmond placing her hand on his cheek.

"I Promise, we are going to find a way, and we are going to go home. They have a nine year old girl on that throne, a girl who knows nothing, she doesn't know what she is doing. They will fall. A country needs a ruler, and a nine year old girl is anything but that."