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Hehe, good girl Maxi listening to Riftan already.
Oh that's really just a plea, lady.
If the King and Queen have two children, who each have a child of their own, those children are technically cousins and in the same line. We could debate that one of them is more "worthy" of the throne than the other, like for example looking at the current British monarchy, the order of the heirs would be First son of the Queen (Charles), First son of that son (William) and then the children of that son Before his own brother (Henry) and way before the Second son of the Queen. But I guess that if you look at a fallen empire, royal blood is royal blood and theirs would have the same level of "purity".
Same. And I think that even if his POV is happening prior to all of this, it's a really natural transition from the heart-crushing ending of Book 1, as if he was himself looking back on it. Reading this book first just makes Riftan's POV much more important and emotional.
Welp, that gaze is Not seeing into her mind. At. All.
I think I can safely say that you can always interpret Riftan's threathening stares as 1- Incredibly scared of her rejection or 2- Ridiculously aroused by her simple presence, depending on context and it's just always spot on.
*scoop*
Love how it goes from "Not once did she hear her father call her by her name" to the hot stranger husband immediately calling her Maxi 👌