Clara’s hand was in mind. I didn’t even know when it had appeared there, I was too overwhelmed by the sudden roaring in my ears and the certainty that I was going to be killed right there in front of everyone. My mind was going around in circles, trying to figure out what I had done wrong. What I had left behind to tell them who I was. But, no matter how many times I circled, I couldn’t figure it out. Even if the Drakesworn had seen me last night, I had been in my dragon form. And no one even knew I had one of those. So, it couldn’t have been tied back to me.
The prince was still staring at the crowd, a brow raised, as if waiting for someone to say something. The panic his words had induced was already starting to rise as the surrounding whispers grew.
I watched as the smile on the prin
