Chapter 24
BLAM!
BLAM!
One by one, the strawberry guards fell to the ground as Friley and his guards shot them.
Azucara hid behind a pillar, watching the c*****e.
Queen Lychee crawled behind her throne, trying to escape.
Friley aimed at her.
“Don’t move,” he said.
Azucara clucked her tongue.
“Your Majesty, I asked you nicely,” she said, strolling across the checkered floor. “And now I’m going to have to ask very rudely. Give me the Cube.”
The Queen crawled backward. “Never.”
“Give me the damn Cube!” Azucara shouted.
“Never!” the queen shouted.
Friley fired at her, but a purple forcefield protected Queen Lychee from the bullet.
The queen laughed.
“You can’t hurt me,” she said. “The crown protects me always and forever.”
Azucara walked to the throne. She tested it. It was sur
