I Can't Be Mated to Him
“I am asking you as a friend, not as Luna of Sundrop Gem. I need to know more about our gracious hosts, and I suspect few others in this castle would tell me the truth.”
She sighs and pulls a faintly purplish-gray dress from her wardrobe. “I don’t like talking about this.”
“And I apologize for asking.” My eyes water. “But my father lies dead. I need to know.”
“You can change behind that screen, if you like.” She gestures to a folding screen, then pulls down the high neck of her dress to reveal four thin, jagged scars in a row. “Blanca—Queen Raven, as you know her—can control animals. Once, we were having a disagreement, and she sicced a cat on me. It nearly tore my throat open.”
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