I glance at Seven. I did not drag him out here and make him watch his own people be slaughtered just so he can be put back into chains. Liana’s words echo in my mind.
“By not agreeing to an arranged marriage yet, you have something my mother wants and so you have some measure of control.” I feel sick, but I know what I have to do.
“Seven isn’t going back to the brig,” I tell Dragonsbane, swallowing down my doubts and meeting her surprised gaze. “I don’t know much about the world outside of SteelTown, and I will need Seven’s assistance in selecting the most suitable husband when we reachRico.”
Dragonsbane stares at me in shock. “You have me for that, Theo, and Anders. There is no need to trust a traitor Prinz.”
“I trust Seven,” I insist. “If you want me to go through with this plot of y
