An Heir For The Comatose Alpha
"Not another trial, child. I'm not in the habit of poisoning people twice."
"Forgive me if I don't find that reassuring."
"Fair." She folded her hands atop the table. "Do you know what that vial was, Constance? Truly?"
"A purity test," I said. "Something to determine whether a candidate was fit to carry an heir."
"That's the story they tell you," Ysolde said. "It's half true, which is the most dangerous kind of lie. The potion does test purity, but not the purity anyone in that room believed. Blood purity. It reacts to lineage, not chastity." Her eyes didn't leave m