Glass Kingdom by M. Lynn

Author:M. Lynn [Lynn, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: M. Lynn

Helena had heard tales of the ‘priest hole’ like the one they now led her to. The only prison in Madra. The palace didn’t cage people, in part because the king didn’t want commoners under the same roof as the royal family. He let the priests do the kingdom’s dirty work.

They didn’t only craft the laws. They enforced them.

But the king could have stopped them if he wanted to. The fact that she was there meant her father wanted it.

She’d betrayed her family and her kingdom, by sneaking into the city without her mask.

Metal rattled as an iron gate swung open and one of the priests pushed Helena into a darkened hall. Damp air curled around her, sending a shiver down her spine. The musty scent of the stale space had her wrinkling her nose in distaste.

Her tears dried as she prepared herself for what was to come.

Cries came from occupied cells as they passed. Her breath lodged in her throat, and she stumbled. Stiff fingers curled around her arm in a bruising grip, forcing her forward. They pulled the sack from her head and stopped at an empty cell. No special treatment for the princess. She’d be kept in much the same state as anyone else.

An emaciated face appeared at the door of a nearby cell. How long had these people been here? She took in the gaunt eyes and ratty hair.

No, that wouldn’t be her.

She didn’t know exactly how long they’d keep her, but all of Madra had been invited to her ball at the end of the week. She had to be there, and the priests knew it.

As she stepped into the cell of her own will, she turned and lifted her chin, because she’d realized something else. She narrowed her eyes at the pudgy man locking her in. They couldn’t touch her. She was the princess of Madra, and the people must see her unharmed when she finally revealed her face to them.

She sat in the center of her cell and crossed her legs. They could lock her up, but they couldn’t take her freedom because she possessed none. They’d just changed her cage from a gilded one to a real one, but a cage was a cage, and she was used to feeling trapped.

They would have nothing from her. And when her brother became king, and she became head of the merchant council, they’d use their combined power to put the priesthood in their place.

They’d regret the day they made an enemy of Princess Helena Rhodipus.

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