By breakfast, half of Ironclad had seen the message. By noon, there were three versions.

In one, I had invented my royal blood after Adrian rejected me. In another, Cassian had arrived because I had been sleeping with him before the fire. The third was the ugliest beca

"First question," I said. "Are the court copies safe?"

The royal guard checked his phone, called the court recorder and put the answer on speaker.

"All digital copies from the guest-wing transfer are already in the protected hearing file," she said. "The orig

A week later, I could cross the hearing room with a cane.

I still chose the chair.

Nora approved of that so loudly she didn't have to say anything.

The royal hearing was held in Ironclad's council chamber, but the three adjudicators at the front were Lycan cou