e's
dn't make se
for stealing the Pri
ked. Like the world stopped movin
ked out, staring at the gua
guard's grip tightened brutally around my arm and yanked me forward. I stumbled, al
voice cracking. "Those are not mine! I d
ignor
rse th
th fear. "Please.... wait! There must b
ly she flew backward and hit
o wrench myself free. "Leav
rib. She looked so small. So helpless. And the guards
e were
ding me barked, draggi
my heels in. "I don't know anything about the rings, I didn
to her feet and re
de.
um
his arm and pinning her back against the wall.
med at him, but the guard hold
st the Alpha's family is punishable by imprisonment or de
art d
at
agged more than I was walking. "I didn't st
e ans
ne c
the corridor. The morning air outside slapped my face, cold and sharp. P
their eyes seemed to
ted to tear their smirks off their faces
voice breaking. "I didn'
knew it did
was alrea
building. A cold metal door screeched open. The cell inside was
shoved m
knees scraping painfully a
door clanged shut behind me. The sound
m. "At least tell me what happens next! At least, listen
guard said coldly. "The Pri
ey walk
like
d tossed tras
ed, leaving the cel
r. My knees pulled to my chest, arms wrapped around them. The sting i
my bi
eightee
g a normal day. I was locked in a cell being accused
th the back of my hand, an
s couldn'
fram
ose rings
my forehead, feelin
, my body, my p
start? Sitting alone in a cold cell, waiting
gain before I c
pered to myself, hugging my knees
dy could
n if th
care enough t
ammed into my mind so
nd
riplets' room. righ
o get her purse and I saw he
something small she quickly slipped into
st tig
uld it have b
e take
e one who
t
d she go
hate me
time and time again. But this? Stealing from the princes and planti
e, the sound of footsteps e
ping my face wi
na
de
nz
eir faces unreadable, their eyes on me l
, stumbling to the door and
anyway. "I didn't take the rings. I swear I didn't. I think.... I think Linda took
d sharply, a
t through me
" he said, shaking his head a
s narrowed
out of your filth
hy m
cou
as someth
, but I forced myse
nz
whispered. I hated how small
ker. His face was carved from
our bag," he said. "That's
ed before I
at wa
nsider the possibilit
ward, his eyes bu
Jade," he said. "Those rings were an heirloom fro
, I did
and flogged fifty times," Ronan s
od ran
ling on the bars. "Strip me....?
eyes locking onto mine with a g
I was the worst thi
"Are you surprised? Yo
unded so lo
mpared to everything you've done so far, Jade. You should be grateful
ll
mes
ade my kne
dropping to a low growl. "Fifty lashes is
r, and another, far more authoritative
t suffer thi
in unison, turning towar
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