“I already explained,” snaps Helix. “She is responsible for ordering the murder of the Fae in this land, and she treats her people unjustly. Unless she changes not only her ways, but her heart, her doom will come to pass, as Paemon has foreseen.” He looks at me again. “We are your only chance. Submit to the instruction and correction, or you will regret it.” I clench my teeth harder over the word “submit,” and pain shoots through one of my back molars. “I am the queen. I submit to
