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The moment Alaric shut the doors of their chambers after the council meeting, Zara exploded.
"You humiliated me in front of them!" she seethed, her hands trembling as she ripped off the heavy crown from her head. "You made me—"
"I made you what?" Alaric interrupted smoothly, stepping toward her with that same maddening smirk he wore all day. "Sit on my lap? Be mine in front of the men who once called you their queen?" He laughed hysterically "You should get used to it." He said as he smiled even more.
Zara's fury burned through her veins. She launched the crown at him, but he caught it effortlessly. "I will never get used to being your puppet!"
Alaric sighed, shaking his head as if her resistance was nothing but a minor inconvenience. "And yet, here you are. Fighting me, but unable to pull away."