nna
red from the stairwell. Steam still rose from his bare, scar-l
a wounded sparrow, her small hands clutching despera
hates me. She told me to leave the fortress
past her sobbing form, his cold gaze pinning me ag
t the corners of my mouth. "Hating her? Your Highness overestimat
eir tracks along the lower gallery, whispering among t
e. "I know my blood is low... I know I am not worthy of this grand fortress...
like a frozen blade. "You love to preach about your low status,
g the stone steps. Each step of my heavy leathe
en's wheelchair, my eyes dropping t
mon blood," I said, my voice dropping into a deadly, r
tear-stained face filled with absolute disbelief, as if
he stammered, looking u
headrest, his icy blue eyes fixed entirely on me, watchin
get to teach you palace law? I am the Seventh Princess, granted to this pack by the decr
ite. "Brother Kellen told me years ago...
on without a shred of mercy. "Today, this fortress has a t
g air. Though masked by the herbal scent of crushed weeds, the pure, suffocati
ead," I commanded, each syllabl
ooked up at Kellen again, her eyes begging him to
is lack of intervention was an unspo
ountdown, my amber eye
white as she dug her fin
ing down at the crown of her head like
ne
ically force her skull into the st
orehead flat against the freezing cobblestones.
ings..
ling neck with cold indifference. "Lou
burning with absolute, murderous hatred, befo
r glance. Turning my eyes toward Kellen
es satisfactory t
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