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 time, and

when she saw Hannah’s audacious slaps on Joselyn, panic washed over her,

banquet had reached its climax at that

individuals wheeled in a colossal cake resembling a castle, towering

the

too rattled

wanted was a swift

have it, the cake

accidentally collided with someone

lost her footing and tumbled right into

“Ah! What’s going on?”

crowd erupted in

tumbled into

about a stroke of

“Get her out quickly!”