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A pause. Silence thickened like smoke over the banquet hall.
Then my voice—sharp, steady, thunder wrapped in silk—split it apart: "BUT I WILL RAISE YOUR TAXES TO NINETY-FIVE PERCENT!"
The words crashed through the chamber like a war drum.
Gasps erupted. Fans fluttered and stilled. Golden goblets slipped from jeweled hands and clattered against marble. Faces blanched, powdered cheeks paling whiter than snow. Rings and silks that once gleamed with pri ...
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