The Unshackled Queen: Never Say Never by Gilbert Soysal

With help, Joselyn was raised to her feet; her cheeks quickly swelled, and blood oozed from the corners of her mouth.

“Oh, dear God!”

Exclamations rippled through the onlookers.

Unperturbed by the attention, Hannah waved the hand that had just struck Joselyn’s face and fixed her gaze on Valery.

Taken aback by Hannah’s bold response, Valery retreated several steps.

“What are you so afraid of?”

Hannah advanced toward her, taunting, “You’ve traveled all this way to stir up trouble, and now you’re scared?”

“You! There are guests all around.

If you don’t want to lose face, you…”

violent tendencies before and had assumed that with Joselyn’s presence, she’d be protected this

Joselyn, panic washed over her, and she hastily

banquet had reached its

in a colossal cake resembling a castle, towering nearly two

pushed it toward the

her mind too rattled to register the voices of

was a swift

the cake had

accidentally collided

to turn around, she lost her footing and

“Ah! What’s going on?”

crowd erupted

just tumbled into

about a stroke of bad

“Get her out quickly!”