a P

uest chambers, slowly sipping my tea. It was my late mother's chair. I hadn't

oody garbage on the rug nearby. The servants gave him a wide berth,

ont arrived, his younger sister I

ndsome on the outside, yet so utterly rotten

ing onto his brother's broken, whimpering form. His

out an ear-piercing shriek. "Kara! What

the mahogany table wit

serene. "I was simply exercising a noble lady

rother got drunk, broke into the private chambers, and attempted to assau

sting reputation. But House Griffith was a minor family compared to his, and he had never

like a dog!" Isla screeched, her face contorted wi

ne humiliating the Beaumont name is him, isn't it? A bastard son who can't contr

's fragile pride. His brother's scandalous behavior

hed, superior demeanor. "Kara, this is all a terrible misunderstanding. Lachlan was dru

trothal because marrying the first daughter of the Prince

, looking at him as if he had just to

y straight spine and the cold, unyielding fire in my eyes mad

are you insulting

sister conspired with my sister to frame me. And you, my

y took a step back, his eyes flickering with so

down on me with thinly veiled di

owing, magical Dragon Flame Seals of both our Houses. In the world of the Dragon-born, a contract sealed by Dr

a's shocked eyes, I

birth and the burning hatred in my soul-flooded my hands. W

ipped the document that symboli

t, clear, cold, and absolute, echoing through the reception h