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by Aimee Carter
"You look well, Kate. How was your summer?"
He was bleeding all over the bed, and he wanted to know how my summer had gone. "Compared to how my autumn's going so far? Fantastic. Can't I do something? You're getting blood all over the sheets."
"I am not lying--"
"You said you wouldn't keep secrets from me anymore," I countered. "So which is it? Are you going to treat me like a fragile little girl you need to protect at all costs, or are you going to treat me like your partner? Because in a few hours, I'm going to be queen of this place, and I'm never going to be able to help you rule properly if you always hold everything in. I have a right to know."
He was bleeding all over the bed, and he wanted to know how my summer had gone. "Compared to how my autumn's going so far? Fantastic. Can't I do something? You're getting blood all over the sheets."
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"Really? That's all you're going to tell me? You promised you'd never lie to me.""I am not lying--"
"You said you wouldn't keep secrets from me anymore," I countered. "So which is it? Are you going to treat me like a fragile little girl you need to protect at all costs, or are you going to treat me like your partner? Because in a few hours, I'm going to be queen of this place, and I'm never going to be able to help you rule properly if you always hold everything in. I have a right to know."
