Oh, he DID shoot the spoiled little brat who was busy pissing off every other government in known space. Not to mention every other Cameron in line to the throne. It may not have been fair to THEM of course, but them's the breaks.
And then Amaris DID win what actually seemed to be a very fair election to take the throne. Of course, it was a law that ONLY a Cameron could be the First Lord by that time, so the poor guy had to "settle" for being called Emperor. I feel so sorry for him...
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