Chapter Thirty-Five

I caught the Queen’s scent and turned my head towards the hall. The King was yelling at me but I ignored him as I started running down the hall towards the Queen. By the time Florin and his warriors reached her office I had her in front of me, my hand around her throat.

“Wynter … what are you doing?” Florin had his hands up in front of him, pleading with his eyes for me to let her go.

“We’re going to have a little talk, you, me and the Queen. Your warriors need to step out or I snap her neck right now.”

He nodded his head and the three warriors backed away from us, out the door and stood watching me with careful eyes from the hallway. I didn’t want them gone, they needed to hear this as well. Sorin’s face appeared and Florin seemed to exhale in relief.

“Hello Sorin, nice of you to join us.”

“Wynter, what’s going on?” He knew exactly what was going on but it wasn’t like I’d had time to warn him.

“This is madness Sorin! He needs to let her go and explain why he killed my daughter!” The