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Camelot Betrayal
Camelot Betrayal | Kiersten White
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The second book in the fantasy trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, exploring the nature of self, the inevitable cost of progress, and, of course, magic and romance and betrayal so epic Queen Guinevere remains the most famous queen who never lived. EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE IN CAMELOT: King Arthur is expanding his kingdom's influence with Queen Guinevere at his side. Yet every night, dreams of darkness and unknowable power plague her. Guinevere might have accepted her role, but she still cannot find a place for herself in all of it. The closer she gets to the people around her--Brangien, pining for her lost love Isolde; Lancelot, fighting to prove her worth as Queen's knight; and Arthur, everything to everyone and thus never quite enough for Guinevere--the more she realizes how empty she is. The more she tries to claim herself as queen, the more she wonders if Mordred was right: she doesn't belong. She never will. When a rescue goes awry and results in the death of something precious, a devastated Guinevere returns to Camelot to find the greatest threat yet has arrived. Not in the form of the Dark Queen or an invading army, but in the form of the real Guinevere's younger sister. Is her deception at an end? And who is she really deceiving--Camelot, or herself?
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Camelot Betrayal | Kiersten White
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Pg 21 - Guinevere‘s fear of water

Being plunged into mortal terror every time she left or returned to the city was not good for maintaining a queenly presence.
Knowing that Merlin had placed the fear there to protect her from the vengeful Lady of the Lake made the fear less shameful, but no less terrifying. Wretched wizard. Wretched lake.
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humouress ⬆️ "My queen?" a young, eager voice asked.
Wretched Sir Gawain. Guinevere forced a pleasant expression, repenting of her mean thought.
(edited) 23h
humouress pg 147"What happened?" Lancelot demanded, staring at Isolde, who should have been sleeping as though dead at this point in their plan.
Guinevere was freezing. She shivered, trying to keep her teeth from chattering.
"Complications."
"Why are you talking like that?" Lancelot leaned close.
The night was a shield, protecting Guinevere from revealing the truth. "Smoke. Had to set the castle on fire."
"You had to *set the castle on fire*?"
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humouress Ch 22: this was a sad one. The poor dragon 🙁 11h
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