Their Hidden Princess novel · Chapter 19 of 32
Chapter 19: The Whipping Post
"That's a lie," I said.
Clarice raised her eyebrows. "Then whose is it, Beth?"
Every cadet in the yard was looking at me.
Lysander's hand closed on my sleeve from behind. Hard.
If I said the truth, he hanged.
If I said nothing, Maudie did.
"Take her up," the sergeant said.
They marched Maudie up the steps between them. She looked back once over her shoulder.
"Feed my hammers," she called. "They get sad."
Then the doors shut.
Varrick passed sentence at supper, standing at the high table with his wine in his hand.
"I promised the brewer a rope," he said. "But I'm a merciful man. Twenty lashes at the post at dawn. Then the cart, back to the forge where she belongs."
Clarice clapped, once, before she remembered not to.
Nobody else made a sound.
We met in the stillroom after the midnight bell.
Lysander paced between the benches.
"I'll tell him I made it," he said. "It's true. He can have me."
"He'll hang you," Roan said.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–16 of Their Hidden Princess are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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