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... for a few lamps that glowed faintly in the corners. Everyone was asleep.

Everyone except Ivan.

He was still sitting alone in the dining room, his elbows on the table, his eyes staring into nothing. The food on his plate was cold. The candles had burned low.

The words Lydia had said to him kept replaying in his mind.

Her voice was still there. Cold. Sharp. Beautiful and cruel at the same time.

You never deserved anything good. Not the palace. Not the title. ...

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