Royal Reckoning

Astrid

“B-Begin?” Jarek Grimm squeaks, his eyes bulging out of his fat face.

“Yes. Daxen, if you would, take the accountants to go over the books, that would be appreciated. Mayor Grimm, if you so much as twitch, I will have Daxen put you to the rack in the castle dungeon, do you understand?” King Viktor’s voice is flat, unyielding.

Though I am hopelessly in love with Cassian and despair at the re