"Get out!" The roar exploded from Prince Adam as he stormed into his chamber, the heavy doors slamming behind him with a thunderous crash.
Rhynera got startled at the sound, her trembling form just a few paces behind him, barely able to keep up.
The servants who had lingered in the shadows, adjusting drapes or tending to the fire, scurried like frightened mice, vanishing without a sound. No one dared remain once that voice thundered.
"You! Get on your knees!" Adam's fury rippled through the room like a wave of fire.
His arm shot toward the gilded doors and with a flick of his wrist, they locked tight, the sound echoing like the final toll of a death bell.
Rhynera fell with a gasp, her knees striking the cold stone floor.
"My Lo.." Her words barely left her lips when his palm collided with her face.
The force knocked her sideways, her veil falling from her head and her body slamming into the ground.
