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?

confusion on my face. “Arguments between candidates are too

These matters can be handled by the

forming in my stomach. What punishment

ejected from the competition

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

ΠΕ

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

handle. None of them were what

that they would take

me silent and complacent,

save you again? You should know

deserve to breathe the same air as

can speak

anyone

our shared past, not because of my

revealing the

a good

chance in

I knew I was allowed to stay simply to improve

family among

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