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    Two years after Laios' coronation, Melini is ready to start expanding outwards, building roads and settling new towns. But such ambitious ventures will require good trade and that means working to improve relations with Khaka Brud--and the hard-hearted noblewoman they've sent to delegate is not easily impressed.
    To make matters worse, Laios has become deeply depressed after receiving a letter from his father for the first time in well over a decade. Seeing Laios withdraw from him makes Kabru's heart ache for his friend, but Laios' past has stayed a thorny topic all this time and he'll need to find a new approach to get him to talk. For the good of the kingdom, he needs Laios to open up to him.
    As Laios and Kabru get closer and closer, Rin can feel Kabru pulling away. He's in love for the first time, and it's not with her. At her lowest in a long time, Rin sees Marcille crying over Falin one night and recognizes a pain they share--that pit of loneliness that nothing can fill. And she wonders if they could at least be lonely together.
    And with all this personal drama to navigate, are they going to be able to convince Khaka Brud to just pay their fair share to build a road between the two cities?

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