RAYA BANKS

“The nerve of that fucking bitch!” Judith whispered harshly behind me as we burst through my chamber doors, snapping the redwood closed behind her.

I pressed a shaky hand to my temple, willing the pounding in my heart to stop as Olivia’s words ricocheted in my head.

“You are not the Prince’s type Raya, Nikolai would never choose a low-life like you,” 

I stifled the whimper that rose to my throat as I whirled to face the muscular unsmiling woman who was staring oddly at me now. 

“What?” I croaked, forcing a wide smile onto my face as I glided backward, feeling the knot of anxiety press farther...