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1、JAWSready.ThePrinceKidnapsaBridebyCHRISTINADODDPrologueFromthetimeCrownPrincessSorchawasthree,sheprayedforababybrother.AbabybrotherwouldbeaprinceandtheheirtothethroneofBeaumontagne,leavingSorchafreetobelikeotherchildren.Well,notlikeotherchildren,butatleastlikehersisters,whowe
2、remereprincesses.Unfortunately,tothelittlefamily’sdeepdistress,whenshewassix,herqueen-motherdiedbearingathirddaughter.SoGrandmammacametolivewiththem.Sorchaneverforgotthatday.Theopulenttravelingcoachdrewuptothegreatdoorofthecastle,andGrandmammasteppedout—ancient,tall,skinny,wi
3、thregalbearing,athick,carvedcane,whitehair,andcoldblueeyesthatfrozeSorchadowntoherbones.Fromthatmoment,SorchagrewupunderthedirectglareofGrandmamma’scriticalgaze.Ofcourse,GrandmammaalsomadesurethatPrincessClariceandPrincessAmyweresupervisedtowithinaninchoftheirlives—noonecould
4、accuseGrandmammaofshirkingherduties—butitwasSorchawhooccupiedmostofhertimeandattention.GrandmammaapprovedSorcha’stutorsandmadesurethatSorchawastaughteverythingacrownprincessshouldknow—language,mathematics,logic,history,music,sketching,philosophy,anddance.Shemadesurethattheeld
5、erlyarchbishopofthechurchofBeaumontagnevisitedeverySunday,rain,snow,orshine,toteachtheprincessestheirreligion,andwhenheleft,GrandmammapersonallydrilledSorchaonhercatechism.Sheinstructedheringeography,showinghermapsanddemandingsheknowrivers,mountains,andseas.Somehow,Grandmamma
6、managedtomaketinyBeaumontagne,perchedonthespineofthePyreneesbetweenSpainandFrance,soundlikeacenterofcultureandlearning—infact,themostimportantcountryinEurope.Inaprivateweeklysession,GrandmammataughtSorchatheartofgoverning,posingintricatecrisesthatwouldfaceaqueenanddemandingSo
7、rchaunraveltheproblem.GrandmammamadeSorchaarguelaw,takingeithersideasGrandmammarequiredandwithGrandmammaasheropponent.AndGrandmammaneverletanoccasionpasswithoutremindingSorchathatthecrownprincessandthecrownprincessalonewasresponsibleforthecontinuationoftheBeaumontagnianroyall
8、ine.FromSorcha,Grandmammademandedperfection.Whichwaswhy,attheageoftw
