ric

oot connect with the man's jaw.

more interesting

t the act of a sheltered noblewom

were too shocked by

ng man on the floor, her voice like i

, looked from her to me, his ey

on. I wanted to see exactly what the infa

? Lost your nerve? Or did the Faulkners' mone

ing at both Rick and Cammie.

authority and Seraphina's direct as

alk! I'll tell you everything! It was Miss Faulkner's personal maid, Fenna! She gave me a hundr

or a street thug, that wa

pecific sum, Cammie knew it was over. She c

vient. "Your Highness, you've heard it all. This was a malicious plot against the

e. She wasn't weeping over her violated honor. She was stat

ut her green eyes were like superheated emeralds, bright and sharp. She

t because of the Fated Flame. It was a resp

again, was now a dull ache instead of a

y cold gaze on Cammie Faulkner. "Miss

her head, wee

ish her was to interfere in the

beg me to be harsh? Or would she plead for me t

d, she walked over to C

thing only the two

ould re

nishment for harming a main branch me

r in her eyes was now deeper than

ghness, this is a matter of my family's honor.

herself? Not use m

ire to get further entangled in the i

he single word echoi

d Seraphina's lips. She turned

to see what the "useless" noblewoman