tmosphere in the throne room. Lantis's military
the Queen, he turned and strode out of the room, his long s
shut, leaving Georgia
gh heels clicking like tiny hammers on the marble
face twisted with contempt. "You couldn't even hold on
lack trousers, her movements calm and deliberate. When she looked up, the fear
ueen was a wounded beast, lashing out with emotion rather than calculation. The chances of her noticing anything
said, her voice quiet but firm. "It's the parasites w
n her eyes-not just rage, but an unfamiliar seed of shock. She had never seen G
ge. "You insolent brat!" She raise
en's wrist in a grip of surprising streng
rous whisper. "You stripped me of my title. You cut me
Then, she turned her back on the sputtering, furious monarch
er back. "Without the family's protection, t
simply raised a hand in a di
ght, glaring sunlight. She took a deep, cleansing breath of fr
was
entified swarm of high-level beasts has breached the bo
and Preston's wa
ss of her apartment. As the city flew by outside the win
h to find another ten million. She needed a way
ace. They had thought her mad, but she had spent that time devouring every piece of information she could get her hand
trap. She remembered it all.
ed for the Imperium's hottest, and s
as
d idols, a place where full-body holographic disguises and voi
would use her knowledge-knowledge centuries ahead
s, locked herself in her study, and activated the hig
hic headset and plunged int
creen appeared. En
a moment, then
son
th a cascade of silver hair. She gave her sharp, intelligent eyes and a mouth that curved in a perpetually knowin. Alluring
r own clear tones into a low, smoky alto
ing was
last, deep breath
ose, she pressed t
-
/1/118242/coverbig.jpg?v=2eeca620e13334e4955838c7aeb0ff0b&imageMogr2/format/webp)