![]() Since Elora had become incapacitated, I’d been running the day-to-day activities of the palace, which included a lot of meetings. If I wanted to make a change here, I had to be firm. I didn’t plan to be a cruel ruler, but they wouldn’t listen to weakness. ![]() I surveyed the meeting room, doing my best to seem as cold and imposing as Elora always had. “But we can’t ignore the problems any longer.” “I’m not.” I turned back, giving him a cool gaze, and he lowered his eyes and balled up his handkerchief in his hand. “You can’t turn the entire society on its head.” “Princess, I think you’re being naive,” the Chancellor said. ![]() Elora had given me lots of tips the past few months, but the ones about commanding a meeting were the most useful. It was a trick I’d learned from my mother to make me seem more in control. I had my back to the room as I stared out the window. ![]()
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