by Wendi Wilson
My parents ended the reign of the dark queen Sebille two decades ago, before I was born. My mother killed her and saved the planet, freeing humans like this one from the threat of eternal slavery. Or worse, total annihilation. Along with my father and the rest of our extended family, she healed the damage done to Earth by the humans, brought the two races of Fae together to live in harmony, and gave the humans back the free will Sebille had been slowly stealing from them.
This judge is wrong. I am special. I am an actual princess, daughter of the first Sylphid-Zephyr hybrid and great-granddaughter of Queen Sebille. And my father is the grandson of Finn Oberon, the most powerful Sylph to ever live.
I am three-quarters Sylphid and one-quarter Zephyr.
And one hundred percent more powerful than any Fae this nasty little human has ever come into contact with, that’s for sure.
But I can’t tell him any of that. If I do, the ramifications to my family and their life’s work would be devastating. It is too high a price to pay.
No, I have to face this on my own. I stiffen my spine and look the judge in the eye.
“I killed him, but it was an accident.”
The look of pleasure and anticipation that transforms his features sends a chill down my spine. I have a sinking feeling in my gut that owning up to the truth was a big mistake.
Oh, God.
I’m not even supposed to be here.
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