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"If it is, no one told me. It was given to me by a family member a long time ago." Emmett said, only half lying. "Forgive me if I'm rude, but if you didn't want to seem interested in front of your court, you could have said no, but have one of your servants ask me to stay around. That would have made for far less courtly gossip, I imagine."

Emmett stood up and dusted himself off. "Let's cut to the chase, your majesty. Clearly you came down here for a reason."