"You dare speak of her in my presence?" The prince shook his head and broke the dance between them, his desperately moving legs swishing around in the waters. His voice was harsh and he over-enunciated his words with the force of his fire. "Bastard! Fool! Even I know you're too much of a coward to do that! She had the power of the Old Gods on her side, and she would have destroyed you before you even so much as thought about laying a finger on either of us! She was not immortal, true, but she would go down fighting if it meant protecting me and her kingdom!"














