USEDYi’ingo Forest, Ahe’ey
Scout was as furious as she was scared. There was no way to escape Amalia’s orders; the queen mother never showed mercy for any creature in the land. Scout had some royal blood, but she was still just a bastard, and no one would raise a finger to protect her from Amalia’s sword. The thought of laying with a man made her sick; she hated them. She despised the evil that lurked in their blood, but she had no choice; either she obeyed Amalia’s command, or she would die.
Scout enjoyed being a warrior, and the thought of a pregnancy was infuriating. So inconvenient. The young woman had no motherly instincts and knew nothing about babies. She’d never met her mother; as soon as she was born, she’d been left in the care of the Ange’el at the Sacred House. She was the pu
