Aric and Cosmo frowned at one another, and I glared at them both. "What? What does that look mean?" I asked. "We were both…present for Camellia's second choosing. She…" Cosmo trailed off, and Aric continued. "She's a beast possessed, is what she is. Either by the Hunger or her own whims, who knows. But if the queen wants to keep the Hunger, she has the perfect daughter in the younger of the two. Pope is right. They'll toss that little flower right out onto the doorstep to greet her starving people," Aric finished, his eyes drifting back to the closed door, a line furrowing on his brow.
