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Submitted to Contest #127
I sat alone atop my throne, built on the backs of my father and grandfather and his father who came before me. Pride swelled in my chest as I thought of the sacrifices made to protect this great Kingdom that I had the honor of leading. But alas my old age was catching up to me. My wife is pregnant with our firstborn and I am dying, slowly but surely. I'm not sure how much longer it will be before my body and my mind fail me. I cannot shake the terrible feeling that my child would not be fit to be King. My family had been Kings for as lon...
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