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... softness with an expression of pure, unadulterated satisfaction—Maria found her mind drifting back to another time.
Years ago.
When Joy was just a little girl.
They had been living in the royal palace then, under the Empress’s protection and Joy had been a moody child, rebellious in that particular way that only children who had seen too much too young could be.
Maria had tried her best to be a good mother, to raise her daughter well, to teach her the ways of the ...
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