I feel his filthy gaze on me, and he sneers. “King Cedric, I can testify that this woman was my lover. And I can also testify that she was indeed passed around in the palace—”
“Are you willing to take a vow?” I ask quietly, staring at him. “Are you willing to put your family’s lives on the line for that statement?”
His eyes tighten. “I was speaking to the king—”
“And I am his queen, and I am replying to you.”
Cedric shrugs, gesturing with his head toward me. “Answer her question.”
Taking a vow with somebody’s life on the line is a serious matter. It is not simply words. A vow is made using one’s own wolf, and if a life is placed on the line, that individual’s wolf is also involved. A vow that is untrue results in a terrible death for the individual whose life has been used.
“You have
