ABEL EVERHEART'S POV
My skin tingles as Queen Rowena's slow strides circles me. She halts behind me and the tips of her fingers touch the back of my neck. I feel her fumble with the chain only for a second before taking hold off the pendant necklace that Cara gave me.
"What is this?" she asks.
"I . . . umm . . . your servant Cara gave it to me," I answer.
I am allowed to keep other people's gifts too, right? Surely she cannot be upset about that.
"Why would my servant burden you with such a filthy thing? I do not remember giving her permission to be so pleasant to you," she questions.
I think she is reading too much into a little gesture. Cara isn't like her former servants. I would hate to see her head gone because of a little misunderstanding.
I feel the Queen pull the pendant's
