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“I really did… I can’t believe it!”
Just then, a wide-eyed Vippera makes her approach alongside the King and Queen.
“I found myself two friends trying to give me a challenge,” exclaims Zalith as he tosses the assassins forward. They squirm on the ground, clutching at their wounds as they groan in pain.
“What’s going on here?” asks Shradga.
“Let’s find out,” says Zalith. He steps forward, grabbing one of the assailants by the throat. “Who sent you to kill me?”
The crowd watches on in a mixture of shock and awe.
“Fuck you!” hisses the assassin.
Vippera slowly starts backing away but is grabbed by Khatreya.
“Where are you going?” asks The Queen. “Don’t you wish to know who made an attempt on Zalith’s life?”
Vippera turns her attention to the assassins, the fear apparent in her eyes.
“Tell me!” yells Zalith, raising his fist.
“Okay, okay! It was her!” screams the assassin, pointing directly at Vippera. “She hired us to kill Zalith and make it look like an accident!”
There comes a collective gasp from the onlookers as the crowd breaks into murmurs and shouting. Vippera immediately glances toward me, and before I know it, she’s going right for my throat. A guard grabs her just in time, straining to hold her back.
“It’s the human’s fault! She has magic! It is forbidden!”
“Do you hear that?” says someone behind me. “She’s gone so crazy that she’s spouting off lies, no human who can cast magic would get into the palace undetected!”
“How disgraceful!” barks Shradga. “Arrest her for treason and attempted murder! Place her in holding and we'll deal with her tomorrow.”
Zalith hands off the assassins to the guards.
“And the wedding?”
“The wedding is off!” orders Khatreya.
Everyone grows wide-eyed at the bombshell.
“We’re so sorry, son,” says Shradga.
Amidst the commotion, Zalith takes a confident stride toward me. He wraps me in his grip as people calm down in time to notice us embracing, some seemingly more shocked at us than at the fact there was an attempted assassination. We both turn to smile at Vippera, her expression furious as our lips meet in a passionate kiss.
“You saved me,” whispers Zalith in my ear.
21
ZALITH
Imake no hesitation in grabbing Rory, pulling her close as I bring my lips to hers. All around us, the crowd burst into a chorus of gasps.
“By the gods, Prince Zalith is kissing a human! Are you seeing this?” shouts a nearby onlooker.
“I never thought I’d live to behold such a thing!” says another.
More protests and shouting come my way, some of disgust and others of curiosity. I brush them all off. The only thing I’m paying attention to right now is Rory.
I’ve had a pretty fucking hard week, so I’m going to get her someplace private where we can let off some steam.
