MATED TO MY BROTHER'S ENEMY
All the prisoners, the torture gear, Kael’s cultists frothing at the mouth, he’d ignored it, hoping to cozy up to the winning team.
“Oh gods,” he croaks, stumbling back toward his fancy carriage. “What have we done?”
The rest of the nobles are getting it too, Lyra’s magic peeling off their denial like old wallpaper. Lady Blackwood’s staring at the altar, sick to her stomach, used to dream of a royal wedding there, now she’s realizing it’s a murder stage. Lord Vance’s got his sword out, hands shaking. All his plotting, and now he’s stuck behind a literal monster.