“Folk of Elfhame,” he says. “Will you accept Jude Duarte as your High Queen?”
For a moment, in the silence, I believe that they will renounce me, but the ritual words come from their many mouths. “We will.”
I grin irrepressibly at Cardan. He smiles back, with a little surprise. It’s possible I don’t smile like that very often.
"The Queen of nothing" by @hollyblack
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