“You don’t understand,” Khloe says. “None of us expected a young, gorgeous healer with dual gifts. Seeing you up there on the balcony with him, watching him spare you from punishment, and then hearing the rumors that you’re staying in the Rose Room—everyone assumes you’re sleeping with the King. Which makes you our competition.” “But I’m not sleeping with him, and I’m not competition. I’d never want to be queen, and even if I did, the Calling is for the high-born.”
