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Couldn’t they see that I was a mess? Wouldn’t they come to pick me up like they’d done before?
A flicker of emotion flashed by their eyes, but that was all they had for me.
Tianna laughed. “Let’s go, boys.”
She rose from her throne, swaying her hips. She was every bit a seductress, sultry beauty in her every move.
Blaze, Rai, and Iokul snapped their heads toward her, enthralled again. They’d seen a fair share of gorgeous women in their lives and they hadn’t been touched, until now.
They’d devoted themselves only to me, until now.
I wanted to lunge at them, drag them back with me, and make them stay with me. I wanted to bleed Tianna, so she could never bewitch my mates. But I could do nothing before the Challenge was over.
Cold logic told me that she didn’t bespell my dragon consorts. She didn’t need to. They were willing to go with her.
The dark Fae queen glided toward the exit in her red gown, her golden hair that didn’t cover her fully exposed creamy back flowing at her feet. Blaze, Iokul, and Rai fought to walk on either side of her, just as they used to compete to win my affection.
They started bantering when Rai didn’t get the coveted spot beside Tianna.
“Oh, you three, stop that.” Tianna giggled, but not for my benefit this time. She thoroughly enjoyed their rivalry for her attention.
They left the room together, the usurper’s sickening flirtatious laughter and the princes’ growling at each other finally fading off.
My former consorts turned completely heartless toward me as soon as Tianna promised to lift the final piece of their curse.
My pain was too great it numbed me.
But I couldn’t let it numb me. I needed to be functional.
I called for the healers again, but when I darted my wild gaze around, the whole court had vacated.
Everyone had left.
Out of fear of Tianna, no one came forward to help Elvey and me.
Rage, panic, and helplessness burned through me. One day, I’d level this court to nothingness.
“You’ll be fine,” I whispered in Elvey’s ear. “I’ll take care of you.”
In my loneliest and most helpless state, a voice reached me.When Tianna challenged you, she didn’t know she’d made a mistake. According to the ancient royal Fae laws, only the heir can challenge the queen. While challenging you as a current ruler, she actually put herself in the position of the heir and endorsed you as her queen. And as the true queen, it’s also in your position to denounce her ever to become your heir.
It was the voice of the forest spirits I’d encountered, and it kept filling me with the details of the Challenging laws.
A ray of light pierced my clouded thoughts. As the rightful queen of Sihde, I could invite anyone into the realm. The barrier and ward could no longer stop my army should I summon my warriors.
My consciousness stretched far and searched outside the Red Palace. I called for my Fae warriors with my bonding magic, and my White Light crashed the illusion of the black sea and broke down the ward on the palace.
I waited until my small Fae army charged into the empty court, where I cradled a broken Elvey in my arms.
Rosalinda and Zembyr sprang toward me at the vanguard.
“Elvey needs a healer!” I said.
Rosalinda looked around, squatted beside me, and laid a hand on Elvey’s forehead. “Where are you mates?” she asked.
A blood tear dropped from the corner my eye.
“Tianna took them?” Zembyr snarled, his knuckles white on the hilt of his broadsword.
