The Rogues Who Went Rogue
Stella took only two steps before she turned back around and hesitated, “Um…”
Lucianne saw that she was going to say something. Xandar, Christian and Tate stiffened in response. Everyone was silently praying that Stella wasn’t going to lie like her mother asked her to do. Lying to authoritative figures carried a sentence for both adults and children above the age of twelve. Needless to say, lying to the royal family carried an even heavier sentence. Lucianne was even considering taking a few steps back and pushing Tate forward instead, so that if Stella did lie, the teenager would technically be lying to Tate, not her.