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My energy cord caught my mother by surprise, but as she still outranked me, she shrugged it off. Still, I'd had a satisfying moment of seeing her startled expression.
"Nice try, daughter, but I don't know what you mean."
I saw how this would play out, and I wouldn't be in any position to help Lawrence if I was trapped in a probation situation. I knew this would entail losing him forever, but I couldn't allow him to perish. And there was also the issue of Kestrel. "Let's cut the crap, as they say in the Earth realm. You don't want me anywhere near the throne—or you—because I know your secret."
"And what secret is that, Daughter?"
"That you've been working with the dark Fae all along. You made a guard your proxy in order to cooperate with Troubadour to unleash the soul-eater t
