CHAPTER SEVEN.
Until now, I wasn’t even aware that King Sven already had someone he planned to make Luna. Her presence only raises more questions. If King Sven already has a future Luna, then why does he want me to accept our mate bond and bear him a child? Why can’t he just let her bear the child he so desperately needs? I have a theory as to why, but I can't say for sure because King Sven isn’t entirely Fae. He’s a hybrid.
“News circulating the palace says King Sven has taken you as his personal slave,” Katniss says, standing before me, her head held high, sizing me up like I’m prey. “It’s rare for King Sven to do such a thing. Tell me, did you bewitch him?”
“Don’t you think he’d be dead by now if I could?” I reply without thinking.
Of all the reactions I expect, laughter isn’t one o
