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The brunette lifts her gaze to mine. They’re a basic brown, but there’s definite thirst shining in them... and it’s not for my blood.??
“It is an honor to kneel before you, my King.” Evangaline's tone is daring.?
“Future King. My father is still your King.”???
“Forgive me, my Lord. Allow me to kneel before you somewhere more private to make it up to you?”?
The light in her box flicks off before she has a chance to stand, and she’s carried away until her cube is hovering a few feet from Ophira’s.??
“But I thought you liked that one, Mother?” Sinner baits but gets no bite.??
“Number three.” The third box is called.??
The light shines a soft blue, and the girl it shines on is a tall, lanky thing. Rather than her best gown, she wears a flowy yellow dress that hits her feet. Her bare feet painted as pink as her short hair.??
The box spins as my mother says, “Willow Falour. Fae.”??
“What kind?”?
“Spend some time with her, and you shall see.” My mother cocks her head, her disdain for the girl's appearance clear as fucking day.??
Shame colors Willow’s fair skin and she drops her eyes before she’s instructed, desperate to be done with this, I’m sure.??
She looks up when instructed, and a sheen of glitter reveals itself in her green eyes.??
My gaze narrows a little, and she starts to panic, but I hold a finger to my lips. Leaning closer so she can see that same sheer in my own.??
Looks like we both needed a little Fae dust to get through today.??
“My Lord,” she whispers.??
My mother scoffs at the girl’s nervous tone and with a flick of her hand, sends her away.??
“Next we have someone who knows you all well.”?
This box moves quicker than the others, the light within it a flat white, and none other than Alexandra Kova stands inside. Her blonde hair is as perfect as always, her smirk as sure as ever.??
I’ve fucked the girl enough times to know what she’s thinking—she will be the new Queen of Dark Magic. There is no doubt in her mind.??
“But she’s Ordinary,” Creed clips. “An Ordinary as a Queen?”?
Mother doesn't even bring her to the front but sends her to the left with the others. “The assessments were as fair as they come, and somehow that Ordinary scored the highest.”
My head snaps her way. “Seriously?”?
“Mmm,” Mother muses. “Yes, she—”?
“She scored second.”?
The intruding voice has all our attention snapping down the hall. The final girl stands there, but Odin, the man who sits on the council in representation of the Monsters, whispers to himself and the girl disappears.??
“You doubt me?” Our mother rises from her throne, dark energy seeping from her skin.??
“I do not doubt. The results did show young Kova as first seed, however—”?
“Odin,” our mother warns, and I watch the woman closely.??
“As much as you wish to control all—” the Monster boldly interrupts, continuing, and my mother's entire being begins to shake. “Some rules cannot be broken. Those of the court are one of them, but you know this, Queen Cosima, so I’m sure it was just a ...smalloversight on your part, yes?”?
