Chapter 3

"Lady Ari, please be respectful," an attendant said firmly. "She had passed the Trial of Fire."

She sneered at me. I returned her dismissive look. Ari flushed.

"Even if that's true, my brother deserves better," she snarled. "You have no right to wear the queen's colors, human!"

I narrowed my eyes. "Is that because you want to wear them?"

She snarled and drew a sword.

The attendants went still, but I darted forward, striking her in the wrist. She let the sword go, and I snatched it out of the air. Ari stumbled and tried to swipe at me, but I dodged and shoved her back into the wall, then pressed the blade to Ari's throat. Ari gasped and flashed her sharp teeth.

"Your Majesty--"

"Let me make something clear," I said. "You may have run around being a terror before I arrived, but I'm not one to be bullied."

She snarled. Her eyes flashed with light. "You human wretch. You'll regret this."

"Not as much as you will." I pressed the blade closer to her neck. "The next time you pull a sword on me, I'm going to take your fucking arm off."

She snarled. "My brother will never accept you."

I scoffed and stepped back, dropping the sword at her feet.

"I'm not asking him to. I didn't ask to be here. Send me back."

The attendants looked nervous. "That's not possible."

Ari snarled, snatching the sword up from the ground. "You..."

"Lady Ari, you've attacked Her Majesty," the attendant said. "Under the law..."

it to whoever the powers that be are. Whoever is going to get her in the most

"Aren't there officials? Elders?"

the attendant said slowly, glancing at me. "They will also want to

"No, thanks."

"That's not an option."

have

Their eyes glinted. "No."

I scoffed.

me. "Just you

stomped out. Two

"I have to report to the Elders about you. Maya,

Maya. She smiled as a gong started to ring through the

"What is that?"

marks the time," Maya said. "It's just past dinner time, heading into the sleeping hours... As the new

twice my size? Who I have never met? Seems a bit odd to be so... careless

"It

"I could kill him."

still. "Please don't...

a concern?" I asked. "He's essentially forced me through a wall of magical

the dragon lineage

"She seemed more than

twitched into a smile. "Lady Ari was found... wholly unbefitting of

didn't ask for. Why

is tradition. You will understand the

"Highly doubtful."

watched Maya walk into the attached room. She brought back a bowl of hot water and

me if you need me." She bowed out. "Until morning,

"Wait a second!"

closed behind her. I went to it and tugged on the door, finding it locked. What the hell? Was this some odd idea for a marriage night? I shuddered, feeling more sick by the second. I looked down

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