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“I thought all you princes wanted was demure virgins you could pluck for the first time." "Ah, there you have got us all wrong! That seems to be what one is expected to want, especially in a bride. Virginity is overrated. Give me a woman who knows what she wants any day over a simpering and most likely scared innocent.”

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Book:The Briar Crown
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