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"You!

" Roselyn's voice peeked nervously,

"please stand up and ask your question.

" She said trying to sound more confident.

nThe young woman stood up and fixed her posture by sticking her chest.

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"If your bond is true, I wonder how did you fall in love so suddenly?

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nRoselyn's eyebrows knitted down, that was an expected question so she reorganized her ideas before clearing her voice.

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"When you spend all hours of the day with a person you have to adapt to the other one, so you begin to talk together to have fun to try to please the other with nice gestures. We only had to coexist together but it was a short time before I already caught feelings.

" Roselyn said, and hundreds of images occurred into her mind, images of when they first kissed and when John brought her to the beach, little did she imagined in few months she would have fallen in love with him so much to even desire to have kids.

nThe girl sat down and Roselyn pointed to a woman on the left, she was quite chubby and with very curly red hair.

nThe woman stood up and with a raspy voice, she asked,

"how can we believe you? Who reassure us you're not lying!?

"

nJohn intervened before Roselyn could answer,

"nobody does, miss. But our invite to the castle should guarantee you that we care about your opinions.

"

nRoselyn nodded before pointing to another lady.

nAnother woman stood up, probably middle-aged, and fixed her dress by pulling her skirt down.

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"If your bond is true as you state then are you planning to have kids? And give the realm a successor?

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nRoselyn's gaze traveled toward John just to find out he was already staring at her, she swallowed down the lump in her throat that formed as soon as she heard the word kids.

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"W-we-we…

" Roselyn stuttered, she didn't know what to answer to that question. She desperately gazed at John hoping he would come to her rescue.

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"I don't see why kids should prove the truthfulness of our love. Please some smart questions, we don't have time to waste.

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nRoselyn took a long breath hearing what John said as he glowered at all the inhabitants invited.

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"Any question worth an answer?

" John asked and the remaining raised hands lowered to allow one only person to raise her hand. The woman blushed slightly and when Roselyn stood up to peek who that person was, between the tall crowd that prevented the sight she spotted Abigail.

nRoselyn pointed at her sister,

"you... Ask..

" her heart was beating so fast and her hands began to shake. What did her sister have to ask in front of everyone?

nAbigail hinted a smile and stood up having John held his breath for few seconds when he recognized her.

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"If you could come back in time would you do it again? Even if you know that it hurt so many people close to you?

" Abigail asked in a shaky voice that clearly proved she was not calm at all.

nRoselyn hasty replied,

"If I could change one thing then I would maybe come back in time just to tell the people I mostly care about the truth.

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nAbigail hearing her sister's answer was what she wanted to hear sat down but her facial expression did not change one iota.

nRoselyn took a long breath,

"I was desperate when I accepted the agreement, I couldn't see a future in the stuck situation I was in. I was promised to a man I deeply loathed and with an already written faith, I didn't want to follow. The agreement was giving me the freedom I always seek for and would have saved me from the prison I was In.

" She explained herself to Abigail forgetting for some instants there were hundreds of other people in the room.

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"No more questions?

" John intervened. People gazed at each other but none dared to ask anything so John waited few more minutes before standing up.

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"Thank you for accepting our invite. We hope we answered your questions. Have a good day.

" He said and Roselyn hinted a smile to the guests before fixing her gaze to her sister whose stood up and began to walk toward the exit following the crowd.

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"I have to go talk to her.

" Roselyn whispered to John who nodded no with his head,

"it will be suspicious.

" John replied covering her hand with his own and Roselyn could feel her heart telling her to follow her sister but she opposed that imminent urge and took a resigned breath. She already affected the royal realm's reputation she didn't want to make things worse.

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"We will go to talk to her soon, I promise,

" John reassured his wife as he held her hand.

nRoselyn took another deep breath as she waited for all the villagers to leave before finally speaking,

"do you think she believed us!? She sounded hurt!

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nWilliam frowned at his son confused and when John explained to him he curved his eyebrow surprised before staring at Roselyn.

"Dear, I am sure she will understand,

" William said but Roselyn didn't seem as positive as him.

nJohn nodded,

"she surely did believe us even if now she may be blinded by anger.

" He addressed and Roselyn leaned his head over her arms.

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"I hope so.

" She whispered in low voice, she didn't expect to see her sister there. Her answer was true, if she could come back in time and there was one only thing she could change she definitely would talk to Abigail more and involve her in her life decisions more.

nBut now it was too late to change things all she could do was wait and hope that Abigail would understand why she lied to everyone.. Roselyn had always been understanding and supportive in her sister's regards even when she found out she was pregnant so now it was Abigail's turn to support her no matter what.

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