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 between candidates are too

matters can

stomach. What punishment could the head of the

wasn’t likely to be ejected from the competition without the royal family’s consent. As a

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

ΠΕ

of my freedom of movement through the grounds. Perhaps, they would want

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

was that they would take away Elva’s

alone kept me silent and complacent, as Kirsten laughed in

would save you

to breathe the same

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

anyone common was a slight he didn’t deserve.

been regarding our shared past, not because

Her eyebrow twitched, revealing the

only talks to you because he is a good person

actually have a chance in

about my place here. I knew I was allowed to

royal family among the common

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