The King’s Seduction
I stare at it, seeking to find whether this is a trick.
“Do it,” he dares, icy blue eyes studying me.
With quivering fingers, I take the knife, clutching it tightly. This is Marek’s personal one, the handle carved with Azure Province dialect and foreign patterns. It’s well worn, used only moments earlier to kill those men. I weigh it in my palm, watching carefully as Marek tucks his hands behind his back, waiting for my move.
He expects me to cower, to turn back on my threat.