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Koko Dimpho's hands trembled as she weighed her impossible choice. She couldn't ask Kefentse, not when the truth of Naledi's adoption bound her tongue. Across the room, Queen Anathi watched with knowing eyes, her own secret weapon waiting - Ntsika, with the matching blood type. Dimpho's anger simmered anew at the thought of King Kabelo and Queen Thandeka's disappearance after the shooting.