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

royal family about. These matters can

in my stomach. What punishment could the head of the

from the competition without the royal family’s consent. As

before the first

ΠΕ

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

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

that they would take

alone kept me silent and complacent, as Kirsten laughed in

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

lowest of the low. You don’t deserve to breathe the same air as the prince, let alone speak to him.”

chooses whom he can speak

not speak to anyone

me had been regarding our shared past, not because of my

twitched, revealing the truth

Nicholas only talks to you because he is a good person and he

have a chance in this competition?

my place here. I knew I was

royal family

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