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391 Serpent's Night
Nobody in the room could move.Tyler kept drawing back, slowly and steadily, and the snake kept sliding out of Clara's mouth.A foot. Two feet. Three. Its black scales were slick and glistening, and they made a wet, rasping sound against her teeth as they slid free."Gods above..." a guard choked out. His sword clattered to the floor.One of the maids at the door screamed and fainted.Leopold staggered backward until his shoulders hit the wall. His face had gone the color of ash. "A snake? How did a snake get inside my sister's body?""I can't believe my eyes," Alaric whispered, white to the lips. "How is this even possible?"Vivian clutched the bedpost with both hands to stop herself from falling. The jealousy she had felt a moment ago was gone. All that was left was terror.With one final pull, Tyler drew the entire creature out of the princess and caught it in his fist just behind the head.It was almost five feet long.It was no ordinary snake. Its scales were black as tar, and th
390 The Princess
King Ebbert froze.His raised finger stayed where it was, still pointing at the doors. The color drained out of his face so quickly that he looked like a corpse sitting on a throne.The guards stopped in their tracks. None of them dared to take another step. Some of them lowered their eyes to the floor, as if they had heard a secret they were never supposed to hear.Prince Alaric frowned in confusion and turned towards Tyler."Mr. Grant, I'm afraid you are mistaken," he corrected gently. "The royal family of Denter has no princess. Queen Marion passed away giving birth to Leopold. There have been no women in this family since."Nobody answered him.Alaric glanced at Leopold, expecting him to agree. But the prince's face was frozen too. His jaw was locked, and his fists were trembling at his sides.Why was nobody saying anything?Tyler kept his eyes on the King. "That's not true," he pressed quietly. "Is it?"The silence stretched on and on. Vivian held her breath. Even the candle flam
389 The Fading Kingdom
The royal limousine rolled through the iron gates of the County Palace.Denter County was far larger than Petra, and far older. Its towers and cathedrals had stood for centuries, and it looked like an ancient kingdom out of a storybook.But it was a kingdom losing its light. The few people on its streets were pale and listless, as if every step cost them their souls. The whole county lay under a permanent shade, and the sun barely broke through.Over the palace, it was worse. A thick, dark cloud hung directly above the towers, low enough to swallow the spires. It did not move with the wind. It simply sat there, like a malevolent hand pressing down on the royal family.Vivian shivered and drew her shawl tighter. "What happened to this place?" she whispered. "It used to be so beautiful!"Leopold didn't answer. He was ashamed to let outsiders see his land and its people like this.Tyler looked up at the dark clouds. To everyone else it was only bad weather. Tyler could feel something coi
388 Denter County
Vivian had just taken a sip of her drink. She choked on it so hard that she nearly sprayed it across the table."Marriage?" she spluttered, coughing into her napkin. "Girlfriend? Mother Agnes, Tyler isn't my boyfriend! This is just a formal date to pay him back for the hospital treatment!"Agnes furrowed her brows."Oh, forgive me. It's just that he never went out with anyone before. He always used to say when he was a child that he'd fall in love and marry the first girl he takes on a date."Tyler finally looked up from his burger. "It's too early. We're working on it."Vivian's face turned as red as a tomato. "Tyler! You're embarrassing me!"Mother Agnes laughed until her eyes watered. She patted him on the head as if he were still five years old, then picked up her empty paper bag."Take care of him, dear," she whispered to Vivian. "He hasn't had anyone to look after him for many years."Then the old warden shuffled away between the tables and disappeared into the crowd.Vivian sat
387 Burgers
Ivy Solaris pushed her way through the ballroom with her sunglasses on and her hood up. It was a poor disguise for the most famous face in the country, but she didn't care.She had sung tonight for one man in this ballroom, and the fans had swept her away before she could even speak to him. Where had Tyler gone?She went to Don Camilla's table first. The heap of food was still there, half eaten, with a pile of fried chicken bones on one plate. But the chair was empty."Excuse me," she asked a waiter. "Have you seen Tyler Grant? Tall, plain suit, eats like a starving wolf?"The waiter stared at her, starstruck, and shook his head.The news of Tyler fighting a captain of the royal guard had traveled. Was he okay?Ivy bit her lip and hurried on. At the stage tables, Julian Ashford's chair still lay on its back where he had stormed off. On the duel floor, waiters were sweeping up shattered glass around the two halves of a sword.Tyler Grant had left a trail of chaos across the whole ballr
386 Six Wings
Over a hundred royal guards charged across the ballroom with their swords drawn.The suitors cheered as if they were watching a gladiator battle."That's it! Cut the bastard down!""Serves him right for disrespecting the Indigo Captain! Let's see him stop a hundred swords with a fork!""Please!" Vivian screamed from her table at Alaric. "Stop them! He didn't mean to offend anyone!"Tyler saved her hospital's reputation, the mayor's son, and simply asked her out on a date. He didn't deserve to be cut down for claiming what she promised him.Vivian could never forgive herself if something happened to him.Tyler wasn't the least bit concerned. He stood exactly where he was. He looked at the wall of steel coming toward him with mild boredom and rolled his right shoulder.The ruined sleeve, already split to the elbow, tore the rest of the way and fell away from his upper arm."ENOUGH!"Prince Alaric's voice thundered through the ballroom like a cannon blast. He was a gracious and gentle ma
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