Rejected as the Fat Mate
Somewhere farther down the hall, a messenger was already running, carrying the news, the accusation, the version of events that would harden into fact before the night was over.
Then Ronan stepped forward.
The temperature in the corridor seemed to drop. Power rolled off him in a wave that made the guards falter, their hands loosening for a fraction of a second before training locked them again. His eyes were pure gold. His voice cut through every other sound in the palace, through the chaos, through the carefully constructed performance of justice.
"Touch her again, and I will destroy this council.”