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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;""My lady, you look beautiful." Thorin bowed to her, fighting his instinct to reach for her hand and kiss it. /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Heloise curtseyed in turn, "Thank you, my King. You are looking rather handsome yourself this evening." She straightened herself, holding on to every ounce of composure she could muster. It had only been a few hours since they'd signed their marriage contracts and she was already ravenous for his touch. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"He flashed her a mischievous smirk that said he was thinking the same exact thing just before Hervé opened the broad oak doors and the trumpets sounded. /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"The King spoke first, "Dwarves of Erebor, please be seated."/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Keep reading at www dot thequeenoferedmithrin dot blogspot dot com/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"As always, thank you for reading and for your support!/span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;""My lady, you look beautiful." Thorin bowed to her, fighting his instinct to reach for her hand and kiss it. /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Heloise curtseyed in turn, "Thank you, my King. You are looking rather handsome yourself this evening." She straightened herself, holding on to every ounce of composure she could muster. It had only been a few hours since they'd signed their marriage contracts and she was already ravenous for his touch. /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"He flashed her a mischievous smirk that said he was thinking the same exact thing just before Hervé opened the broad oak doors and the trumpets sounded. /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Silence fell upon the crowd as they all stood at attention, dressed in their finest, as the royal pair entered the room and stood at their places at the head of the enormously long table. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"The King spoke first, "Dwarves of Erebor, please be seated."/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Keep reading at www dot thequeenoferedmithrin dot blogspot dot com/span/div
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