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

news had reached them too.

Mama Ngozi watched her daughter’s hands shake.

“You heard the announcement,” Mama Ngozi said.

Ephoma kept her eyes on the yam.

“I am not going.”

“Why?”

“Because they will laugh at me. Adana will say I came to chase the crown. The queen will look at me like I carried shame into her palace.”

Mama Ngozi’s voice softened.

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