My heart hammered in my chest, practically breaking my rib cage. I raced across the lawn toward her.
Something whizzed past my ear and sunk into the ground. An arrow.
I heard the sounds of whizzing in the air behind me. It sounded like hundreds of arrows descending on us all at once. Any second, they’d rain down and we wouldn’t be able to dodge them all!
How had I let myself underestimate the king and his own penchant for cruelty? I’d hoped it died with Sebastian, but I should have known that Dylan came from the same ruthless blood!
I dodged arrows as they plunged at me.
Mila and Helen used their vines and roots to fend off the incoming projectiles. They created their own shield wall, for the time being.
“Your Majesty, are you really going to go against your blood oath!?” Mila cried over the sound of pelting arrows.
Blood oath? When did that happen?
If Dylan was about to violate a blood oath, maybe I hadn’t underestimated him at all. He was just dumb!
