His Unwanted Fiancée Is The Kingdom's Genius

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waist. He conjured a small, perfectly controlled wisp of orange dragonfire from his fingertips, using it to gently warm Elianna Rivers's goblet of wine be

dy against his arm as she tilted her head back to take a sip. As she moved,

in my throat. The blo

of jewelry. It was my mother's relic. It was the only tangible thing I had left of the woman who had birthed me, a sacred item I had foolish

althy merchant cheered, his voice booming over the music. "Only a noble Half-Blood like her is worthy of standing by his side and aiding his ambitions. It's a

eir words; I only felt a

manicured fingers drifted up, brushing deliberately and possessively against the crystal. She

tting through the polite chatter like a blade. The nobles parted instinctively, their eyes tracking my plain gray dress

gh for the surrounding nobles to hear. "The it

d Jace's broad shoulders, deliberately pressing her soft breasts against his arm to stimulate his

. "Corrin, stop causing a scene and embarrassing me. It's just a small trinket I found in the vault. If you want a necklace so badly, I will take you

y lips. I looked at his defensive posture,

my body moved on pure instinct

truck Jace's left cheek, whipping his head to the side. The other struck Elianna's right cheek, leaving a bright red

ooked aggressively around the cold silver chain on Elianna's neck. I yanked hard. The chain snapped with

ed at me with extreme, theatrical grievance. "Corrin, are you insane?! Why would you snatch Jace's gift to me and hit us? P

him with eyes practically begging him to take you to bed, and you have the absolute audacity to call yoursel

ragon scales, flaunting her status. "You jealous, uneducated peasant! Elianna is an independent, noble Half-Blood! How dare you strike her o

is a wealthy noble. Why would she covet your cheap trash? You are just a gold-digging orphan with no background and low education. You

n, you are being completely unreasonable and childish! You have humiliated me in fron

who was now threatening me to protect his mistress. I slowly raised the dr

," I said, my voice steady and echoing in the silent room. "But it is the most sincere memorial of my mother's love

y. My heart, which had held onto a tiny, pathetic sliver of ho

s, devoid of any love or anger. "Jace,