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“But why would my father want to kill you?” he asks.

“I don’t know,” I say slowly. “It doesn’t make any sense. Uncle Eddie loves us.”

“Uncle Eddie?” he asks.

“He and my father are very close. They both became kings when their fathers passed away only a few years apart from various ailments. So naturally, they remain close. Since Edvard had no children, well no known children, he spent a great deal of time with us,” I explain.

“He never remarried?” Logan asks.

I shake my head, frowning.

“Don’t you know about him at all?” I ask.

He shakes his head. “I don’t spend much time reading about royals,” he answers dryly.

“Oh,” I say softly. “I…shouldn’t have assumed…I’m sorry.”

“It’s alright, Anna. What are we going to do?” he asks.

“Tell my father,” I answer resolutely.

“Tell him what exactly?” he asks.

I sigh. “Everything,” I whisper.

His phone pings and he looks down and responds to a text.

“Auggie,” he says.

I nod and a minute later Auggie walks into my room. I don’t even care that I’m still on Logan’s lap.

“What’s wrong?” he asks immediately upon seeing me.

“My father is apparently trying to kill you,” Logan says bitterly.

“What?!” Auggie yells.

“Shhhh,” I say to him.

“Jesus, Anna, how’d you figure that out,” he says.

“Augs, grab Chris, I only have the strength to tell this once, and we need to bring Dad in on my secret,” I say to him. His eyes widen.

“Anna, are you sure? We could make up something. I know how important it was that you had that freedom,” he says to me, taking steps forward so he’s hovering over me.

“It was, but the safety of all of us is much more important than my freedom,” I answer.

He squeezes my shoulder. “You’re little, but you’re fierce, Anna,” he says.

I smile at his rephrasing of the Shakespeare quote.

“Get Chris, meet me in Father’s study in ten minutes,” I say to him.

“Will do,” he says. He pauses at the door and turns. “Are we telling Father, everything?”

He looks from Logan to me, and I turn red with embarrassment.

“Well, maybe not everything,” I say.