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?

have seen the confusion on my

These matters can

stomach. What punishment could the head of the

be ejected from the competition without the royal family’s

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

ΠΕ

a smaller, windowless room. Or take away some of my freedom of movement through the grounds. Perhaps, they would

handle. None of them were

fear was that they would take away

and

were you hoping Prince Nicholas would save you again? You should know by

the lowest of the low. You don’t deserve to breathe the same air as

chooses whom he can speak to,” I said, daring a soft

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

our shared past,

eyebrow twitched, revealing the truth of her

only talks to you because he is a good person and he feels bad for you. You

actually have a chance in this competition? Someone

here. I knew

of the royal family among the common

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