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Chapter Fifty-Five: Don’t Let Your Past Torment You Ivanna’s POV “I am here, Mother,” I said, announcing my arrival at the queen’s quarters. The door opened, and I was ushered inside. “My darling daughter,” she beamed at me, tapping on her bed for me to join her. “How was your night? Trust you slept like a baby?” She was full of life and smiles, just like every other day I’ve visited. It had been weeks since I rejected Ace’s touch. I have been coming to his mother’s quarters for lessons on how to be a responsible queen. She invited a royal teacher, Miss Eve Wilson, to teach me the basic things I needed to know. “You’re here, My Queen,” Eve said as she bowed her head in respect. I hadn’t noticed her in the room until she greeted me. “Please raise your head, Eve." I smiled politely. “You don’t have to call me that. I am not yet your queen.” “Ivan, come here,” Ace’s mother called. She held my hands as soon as I got closer to her. “Child, you don’t have to reject it. That’s rude. You are t