I see the flash of anger in Bella’s eyes. “How dare you question me? I hold your life in my hands, Leanna. Don’t you f*****g forget that! There was an emergency meeting of the elders last night. Your fate has been decided. You will be executed, and the true Princess Vivian will replace you. Did you really think that somebody like you, with commoner blood, was going to pollute the royal bloodline? Nobody even knows who your parents were. Good thing you’re not pregnant, or I would have to kill your dirty-blood child, too.”
My hands settle on my flat stomach. I am too stunned to speak.
“Princess Vivian has told me everything,” Bella sneers. “You tried to kill her to take her place.”
“Why would I do that when I didn’t even know what Cedric’s intentions were?” I grind out.
“How dare you tak
