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?

seen the confusion on my face. “Arguments between candidates

These matters can be handled by

my stomach. What punishment could the head of the

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

good to drop me flat before the first elimination. But expulsion wasn’t all they could do

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

those potential punishments I could handle. None of them

that they

alone kept me silent and

hoping Prince Nicholas would save you again? You should

deserve to breathe the same

can speak to,” I said, daring

that Nicholas would not speak to anyone common was

regarding our shared past, not because of my

revealing the

he is a good person and he feels bad for you.

have a chance in this competition?

had no misconceptions about my place here. I knew I was allowed to stay simply

royal family

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