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?

on my

These matters can be handled by the palace

began forming in my stomach. What punishment could the head of

the competition without

the first elimination. But expulsion wasn’t all

ΠΕ

some of my freedom of movement through the grounds. Perhaps,

potential punishments I could handle. None of them

was that they

alone kept me silent and complacent, as Kirsten laughed in my

were you hoping Prince Nicholas would save you again? You should

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

chooses whom he can speak to,” I

imply that Nicholas would not speak to anyone common was a slight he didn’t

shared past, not because of

tightened. Her eyebrow twitched, revealing

to you because he is a good person and he feels bad for you. You

chance in this competition?

had no misconceptions about my place here. I knew

the royal family among the common

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