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.

Gannon ordered him, and I felt his aura rush out and Trey doubled over before

my hand and wrapping it. “It will heal once you shift. Do you think you can hold off a couple of

beat, my fingers were black and purple, and

cupping my face with his hand. He pulls his phone

I murmur,

unlocking his phone and scrolling through the pictures. He stops before turning his

woman?” he asks, and I take the phone from him. A sob escapes from

thumb over the 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 hangs his head and shakes it, and he sighs heavily

You just need to give him space.” Gannon tells

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

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

try to get some rest. After your shift, I will take

birthday isn’t for another couple of

but it was just Clarice and Abbie.

I don’t want to be dragging you to the cells for disobeying the King,” Gannon tells them. She nods before rushing in with Abbie close behind her. Abbie embraced me, hugging me, then checking

a cake made, but I couldn’t carry it

a good job. We spent all day making it.” Abbie said

tell her, knowing just how much 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

But I couldn’t let you go without wishing you a happy birthday,” Clarice says, placing the blue cupcake in my hand. She lights it with

a wish,” Clarice said, and to humor her, I did. Abbie smiles

for?” Clarice asks, a teary smile

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