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And Marco had just become bold enough to keep her.

“You must understand,” the priest replied, “that men willingly change their master, believing the new one will be better. But they soon learn that conquest hurts them more than the old tyrant ever did. Your first night as prince is not for celebration. It is for deciding: will you be loved or feared?” el principe capitulo 1

Marco looked out the window again. Down in the square, his soldiers were drinking the city’s wine and pawing the merchants’ daughters. And Marco had just become bold enough to keep her

But as Marco walked through the empty halls, he felt no triumph—only a gnawing unease. Your first night as prince is not for celebration

Marco set down his cup. “Then how do I keep it?”

“Fear,” Marco whispered. “But not hatred.”

He called for his secretary, a shrewd priest named Fra Giovanni.