Ivy POV

“Quick, sit down while I try to take care of your hand,” Dustin said, dragging a cut in half wine barrel over. He flipped it, so I could sit on it. The other guard growled at him before gripping his shoulder.

“We were told to bring here, that is all,” he snapped at Dustin. I looked at the man who stared at me like I was the scum over the earth, and I quickly averted my gaze.

“Remove your hand, Trey, or f*****g lose it,” Dustin snapped at him.

“I’m following orders, the King said to bring her here, and that was it,”

“F**k the king,” Dustin snapped, and the man went to take a step toward him when Gannon walked in. “Yes, f**k the King, remember where your loyalties lie, Trey,”

“They lie with my King,”

“And she is your Queen,” Gannon snarled at him, and the man whimpered before his eyes went to me.

“You haven’t been here as long as the rest of us, but the King swore us all to choose his Queen over him,”

“If so, why is she down here, then?” The man demanded.

“Because the King is an idiot. Move Dustin. I will wrap her hand. Go fix up the old King’s quarters for me,” Gannon said, crouching down in front of me.

“Yes, Sir,” Dustin says while Trey growled and Gannon glanced over his shoulder at him.

out of my face,” Gannon ordered him, and I felt his aura rush out and Trey doubled over

to work cleaning my hand and wrapping it. “It will heal once you shift. Do you

heal it?” I asked. My hand was throbbing to its own beat, my fingers were black and purple, and fragmented bones pushed beneath my skin

you since you aren’t mine,” Gannon says, cupping my face with his hand. He pulls his phone out of his pocket. “Once the moon is at its highest peak,

me that,” I murmur, looking away from

Gannon says, unlocking his phone and scrolling through

asks, and I take the phone from him. A sob escapes from my

picture of her. What I would give to hear her voice again. She looked a little younger than I remembered in this picture, but I knew it was her. Gannon

will come around, Ivy. You just need to give him space.”

I don’t get it. What did I do?” I ask. Gannon frowns when I see his eyes glaze over, and i could tell he was mind-linking. I waited for him to finish, and his

mother did. She k****d the King and Queen; she also k****d the King’s sister.” I blink, astonished, unable to believe what I

some rest. After your shift, I will take you

isn’t for another couple of weeks,” I tell

hear someone curse. The stable doors opened, and hope bubbled in me. Thinking it was Kyson to tell me this was some sick joke, but it was just Clarice

She nods before rushing in with Abbie close behind her. Abbie

but I couldn’t carry

have seen it, Ivy. Clarice did a good job. We spent

we always wished to celebrate our birthdays but were never allowed, never allowed the cakes we made for the children in the orphanage. Abbie and l always stared longingly, wishing we could try the cakes we made. We never knew if they tasted alright, but the delight on the kids’ faces told us they must have or they

a happy birthday,” Clarice says, placing the blue cupcake in my hand. She lights it with it a match, and I

and make a wish,” Clarice said, and to humor her, I did. Abbie smiles sadly and kisses my knee where she was crouched beside

you wish for?” Clarice asks,

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