How a Firewood Girl Captured the Heart of a Prince Who Came Home to Marry Another Woman

touched it into the sauce, and raised it to his mouth.

“My prince,” she whispered, “please eat.”

He opened his mouth.

He chewed.

For one moment, nothing happened.

Adana smiled.

Then Ibuka blinked.

His hand gripped the arm of the chair.

Queen Nenna stepped forward.

“Ibuka.”

He blinked again.

His eyes moved slowly at first, then sharper.

He looked at the bowl.

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