Tomorrow would be the true test of my leadership. I’d either rise to the occasion or fail my father, my kingdom, and myself. * * * Immediately, it was a bloodbath.
“Why’d you stop him?” I asked. My back was still to him. I couldn’t bring my self to turn around. I was terrified of the answer he might give. “Because I don’t share what’s mine,” he said, the heat of his gaze burned into my back.