SerenaMy family… are dead?Dead?Just two days ago, they were perfectly fine. Granted, they have been charged with treason, but even then, they have to be tried first. And even if the King had condemned them without a trial, an execution date would still have to be set first.There should have been time.Time to sort this whole misunderstanding out.Days, at the very least.So how could they-The world tilts.I shake my head, over and over again, as though the motion alone could unmake the words, could shove them back into the poisonous mouth they came out of.Impossible…obviously, she’s-“-lying! You’re lying!” The scream rips out of me, high-pitched and shrill.My vision blurs and swims. The cell tilting sideways, and my knees give out beneath me. I fall to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut.This isn’t real. It can’t be real.No-“Ask him if you don’t believe me.” Ava’s voice is honey sweet. “You might not believe me. But I’m sure you’ll believe him.”It is only then th
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