Chapter 10 - 10: Nyrielle’s Story

"Have you studied history?" Nyrielle asked, leaning back in her high backed chair and swirling a goblet of dark red wine in one hand.

"I have," Ashlynn said hesitantly. She'd spent much of her life in her family's libraries and she'd been taught by her tutors that a ruler must know the history of their people if she was to guide them to a better future.

At the time, she'd believed that learning history would help her to rule alongside her future husband, but reality disabused her of that notion. Owain had no interest in her help to rule, he preferred that she dedicated her time to raising children instead.

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