Royal Sins Ten: The Regent

A traitor, a young king, and a loyal champion. What reward should he request from the queen regent, or is his devoted service it's own reward?
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Royal Sins: With the one surviving heir a man-child married to a foreign princess, the royal line is in jeopardy. For the seventeen years it will take for a new heir to be born and take the throne, the old king and the princess regent walk a tightrope. One slip will bring war. In public, they must be unimpeachable. In private, duty will require sacrifices of honour, and of body.
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