The guards grabbed me by the arms and yanked me to my feet. Once I was standing, they continued to

grip, as if I might try to run away.

I’m not surprised,” Lena said, turning up her nose at me. “It was only a matter of time before this one

started some trouble.”

I struggled to maintain my calm. “She wished harm onto my daughter.”

Kirsten rolled her eyes. “Please. No one believes that. I am of the highest breeding. My word carries so

much more weight than yours, or that of your spawn.”

“But-

off

“Save your excuses for the head of the royal guard.” Lena cut me off. “He’ll be the one deciding a

punishment that will fit this show of disrespect.”

The head of the royal guard? Not the King or Queen or the princes?

the confusion on my face. “Arguments

the royal family about. These matters

punishment could the head of the royal guard dish

the competition without the royal family’s consent.

flat before the first elimination. But expulsion wasn’t all they

ΠΕ

of my freedom of movement through the grounds. Perhaps,

of those potential punishments I could handle. None of them were what made

deepest fear was that they would take away Elva’s

me silent and complacent, as Kirsten laughed in my

were you hoping Prince Nicholas would save you again? You

breathe the same

can speak to,” I said, daring a soft

would not speak to anyone common was a slight he didn’t deserve.

shared past, not

tightened. Her eyebrow twitched, revealing

because he is a good person and he

actually have a chance in this competition? Someone like

about my place here. I knew I was

the royal family among the common

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