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?

have seen the confusion on my face. “Arguments between candidates are too trivial

about. These matters can be handled

began forming in my stomach. What punishment could

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

look good to drop me flat before the first elimination. But

ΠΕ

away some of my

I could handle. None of them

that they would take away

silent and

would save you again? You should know by

don’t deserve to breathe the same air as the prince, let alone

can speak to,” I said, daring a

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

been regarding our shared past, not because

eyebrow twitched, revealing the

because he is a good person and he feels bad

chance in

about my place here. I knew I was allowed to stay simply

family

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