“Why you’d care to attend when you had the princess locked in a dungeon awaiting execution is beyond me,” the prince drawled, flicking blood from his tunic and cloak with a comical wince. “I was merely trying to appease everyone. You and my own people.” “So chivalrous of you, Brolen,” the queen said, watching her son with an amused expression as he continued to try to free himself of the blood.
