Chapter 31: Avalyn's POV
"This is treason, Avalyn. If someone else sees this with you, they will consider it treason! Do you know how long we have all been waiting for an heir to be born to King Talon?"
I felt tears begin to build at the corners of my eyes. My hands started shaking and the pills dropped off my hands. Cassie wasn't shouting or yelling, but each word she said sank deep into my soul.
I had managed to get Talon to let me leave, what if he had seen this with me, what would have become of me?
"It isn't mine... I swear..." I choked as the first of the tears dropped down my cheeks. "I... We— it was on the ground and I thought it was a sort of supplement for pregnant women...." I tried to explain despite the large lump that sat in my throat.
If she didn't believe me, she would
