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

royal family about. These matters can be handled by

What punishment could

competition without

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

ΠΕ

some of my

punishments I could handle. None of them were

that they would take away Elva’s

me silent and complacent, as Kirsten laughed

Nicholas would save you again? You should know by now, Piper,

deserve to breathe the same air as the prince, let

whom he can speak

that Nicholas would not speak to anyone common was a slight he

had been regarding our shared past, not because of

tightened. Her eyebrow twitched, revealing the truth of

is a good person and he feels

have a chance in this competition? Someone like

I knew I was allowed to

family among the

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