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"I was vulnerable." Apparently, the word vulnerable tasted terrible because Shelby looked like he wanted to vomit. Was his face turning green?
Ace squinted up at him not sure if she was hearing him correctly. "I've known you for less than a week. I don't want to talk about what I don't want to talk about."
"But you want my whole life story?" he snapped.
"You didn'thaveto tell it. You could have said no."
She didn't think it was possible but his face scrunched up even further. He laid the last blanket down and lowered his towering figure to the floor.
"Are you mad at me?" Ace slipped her feet from the boots and laid down on the couch, opening up the blanket he'd left for her.
"Yes," he grunted with his eyes closed.
"Well, you'll have to get over that." Ace pouted, rolling over so she wasn't facing him anymore.
After this, they still had one more event to make it to. If Ace had to judge by the news they'd just received today about the Fae they'd have to be a lot more stealthy.
At the next event Ace was finally going to kill the queen.
Queen Sienna
Today was supposed to be the day. Somehow within three events, she was supposed to know who she should marry. Her court had appeared at the breakfast table this morning littering her and the three men who'd stayed with questions. That had ended with her using her magic to sew each of their mouths shut.
While they didn't get to finish their meals, Sienna got to eat her breakfast in sweet silence. Well, she hadn't sewn Jack, Leo, or Hollis's mouths shut but they were smart enough to remain quiet.
Now her court was stitch free, glaring at her from the back of the room. Maybe she'd taken it too far. But hey, she hadn't killed them so that had been something.
But she had killed someone.
A warlock.
A traitorous piece of shit who had conspired against her.
Somehow he'd remained loyal to the two who kept sneaking into her damn events. This time under the ruse of a couple they'd stuffed into the trunk of their carriage. Sienna would have found it funny if it wasn't for the fact that they were here to undermine her.
She hadn't even bothered to ask for the warlock’s name. All she wanted was the names of the two sneaky little attackers. A thousand questions later and she was heating up his cell like it was an oven. The queen had watched as the warlock cooked alive. His clothes were soaked in sweat, his skin blistering until his muscles began to fall off of his bones. Only when he'd become a twitching puddle on the ground and his heart no longer beat did she walk away.
The cloud within her staff was dark now. There wasn't any rain to gather on the glass nor was there a thunderstorm. Still, it wasmurky. Which was exactly how she felt in this moment as she stared at Jack, Leo, and Hollis.
How was she supposed to choose? She'd spent little alone time with each of them, all of which was mostly awkward conversation. She didn't really know them. Now she was supposed to tie herself to them forever. It felt a lot more serious now than when she'd first agreed to this whole marriage thing her sisters had proposed.
There was always the option to kill said husband if she later regretted her choice but she'd have to be sneaky. Probably with poison or something that didn’t make it apparentshe'ddone it.
She'd basically already ruled out Leo. She'd kept him only to make Hollis jealous. Though that was a good reason for marrying him too.
Jack was favored by the court. An obvious choice too, seeing as Queen Sienna was certain he would take the role in exactly the way she needed him to.
And lastly…Hollis.
He knelt in front of her with the others and for once he was doing what he was told. It was odd but satisfying. It gave her hope that she might be able to force him into submission. Just like she had the other day.
She’d even awoken to a small gift box from him. The long dangling earrings she’d received sparkled from her earlobes now.
Today there were no citizens to witness the crowning. Her throne room was painfully quiet. With the Fae threat on the rise, she'd made the last event no longer open to the public. It wasn't for their safety, though that's how it was being advertised to her court. They'd stressed that she needed witnesses which was why they were here.
The real reason she'd forbidden the public was to make sure no one could ruin this for her. She couldn't handle one more embarrassment.
A stool sat by her throne. On top of it was an overstuffed black velvet pillow with the crown that had been made for the king. Queen Sienna's crown had been made with bits of the Fae king's crown. So had her sisters’. The crown she was about to offer the men was meaningless, basically for show.
