Todos los capítulos de BETROTHED TO THE ARROGANT PRINCE -HIS UNTAMED WARRIOR QUEEN : Capítulo 21 - Capítulo 30

The courtyard fell silent the moment the door closed behind Celeste.For a heartbeat, neither woman moved. Adrienne sat rigid in her chair, her tea cup still raised halfway to her lips.She'd just called a court lady "Doll" in front of the Queen of Camelot.Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.Queen Helena turned to face her, and Adrienne braced herself for the reprimand. For the lecture about propriety and decorum and how future queens didn't tell court ladies they didn't give two fucks about their opinions."That went well."Adrienne blinked. Set down her tea cup carefully before she dropped it. "Your Majesty?"Helena's expression was serene, but there was something in her eyes—amusement? Approval? Adrienne couldn't quite read it."I wanted to introduce you to the court ladies," the queen continued, moving to reclaim her seat with unhurried grace. "And you did that yourself. I liked how you did it."Adrienne stared at her, waiting for the other shoe to drop. For the "but" that had to be

Prince Orion stood at the entrance to the training ground, His dark eyes swept across the scene, the circled knights, Greene's bleeding arm, and Adrienne standing in the center with a sword in her hand.His expression was thunderous.Greene immediately stepped away from Adrienne, lowering his sword. The other knights scattered back to their positions, suddenly very interested in their previous tasks.Adrienne scoffed and dropped her sword, the blade clattering against the ground. She turned and started walking toward the exit."And I asked a question."Orion's voice wasn't loud. It didn't need to be. It carried the weight of absolute authority, stopping Adrienne mid-step."We were sparring, my Lord," Greene said quickly, his voice carefully neutral.But Orion's gaze wasn't on Greene. It was locked on Adrienne, and the fury radiating from him was almost physical."What do you think you're doing in the knights' ground?" His words were precise, with barely controlled fury that's deadly.

"She doesn't know about Elowen."Queen Helena's voice was barely above a whisper, but it cut through the silence of the king's chambers. She set down the medicine bowl with deliberate care, her fingers trembling slightly as she reached for another thick sheet.King Matthias lay propped against pillows that seemed to swallow him whole. His skin had taken on a grayish pallor in the candlelight, and his breathing came in shallow, labored gasps.She pulled the sheet up over his chest, tucking it around his shoulders with the same gentleness she'd shown their children when they were small.His hand shot out, fingers closing around her wrist with surprising strength. "You told her? Her father didn't tell her for a reason!"The anger in his voice made Helena flinch, but she didn't pull away. She met his eyes. The same eyes that had once been so sharp, so commanding, now dulled by pain and medication."I only asked," she said, her voice hardening. "I didn't tell her anything.""Asking is tell

Before Orion could respond, trumpets blared.The grand doors swung open with a boom that echoed through the hall."His Royal Majesty, King Odin of Valdoria, arrives!"King Odin walked in like he was entering his own castle.He was in his late sixties but moved like a man twenty years younger. Broad-shouldered. Straight-backed. His armor was dark, almost black and covered in the scars of countless battles. His face was weathered, lined with age and experience, but his eyes were sharp and mischievous.Behind him came two younger men who could only be his sons. The first was older, maybe thirty, with dark hair and the calculating look of someone who thought three moves ahead. Crown Prince Gideon.The second was younger, built like a siege weapon, massive shoulders, thick arms, the kind of muscle that came from years of brutal training. Prince Tobias.And behind them, twenty knights in matching dark armor. No advisors. No courtiers. No scribes or diplomats.Just warriors."I welcome you t

The clash between Camelot and Valdoria was brutal.Hundreds of Camelot's knights hit Valdoria's force all at once and drove them back, pushing the fighting away from the villages, away from the streets where people were still running. The crowd that had been watching the duel was gone now. The field was just blood and steel and bodies.Orion moved through the middle of it. His sword came down on a Valdoria knight coming at his side and the man dropped and Orion was already turning to the next one. He kept moving, kept scanning the field, because the moment you stopped reading it was the moment it killed you.He found Adrienne.She had three men on her and she was handling them. She moved around the first one and her blade caught him across the back and she was already turning before he finished falling. The second one swung wide and she let it go past her and stepped in close and drove her elbow into his face and ran her sword through his side. The third came at her low and her boot c