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The lost daughter
Queen Elise and King William, expecting their first child, embark on a perilous sea voyage as a final adventure before parenthood. Their powerful love is tested when a fierce storm threatens to capsize their ship, summoning the goddess of…
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…Elise studied his face. The set of his mouth, the hard edge in his eyes. She loved him. She loved the ferocity of him, the way he took every threat as a personal challenge. But something cold lived beneath his certainty, something that felt less like protection and more like control. "And if she hears it anyway?" Elise asked softly. William's jaw tightened. "Then we find a way to close it." Elise said nothing. She curled her fingers into his, feeling the calluses on his palms, the strength in his grip. The baby stirred, restless, and she pressed her free hand to the mark—cool, constant, patient as tide. Somewhere far away, in depths no map had ever charted, something stirred in answer.