"Hear my judgement," Cardan says, authority ringing in his voice. "I exile Jude Duarte to the mortal world. Until and unless she is pardoned by the crown, let her not step one foot in Faerie or forfeit her life."
I gasp. "But you can't do that!"
He looks at me for a long moment, but his gaze is mild, as though he's expecting me to be fine with exile. As though I am nothing more than one of his petitioners. As though I am nothing at all. "Of course I can," he replies.
"But I'm the Queen of Faerie," I shout, and for a moment, there is silence. Then everyone around me begins to laugh.
I can feel my cheeks heat. Tears of frustration and fury prick my eyes as, a beat too late, Cardan laughs with them.
- Jude Duarte's point of view in The Wicked King, page 316
YOU ARE READING
While You Were Away (A Cruel Prince Fanfiction)
FanfictionThis fanfiction takes place in a period between the "Wicked King" and "Queen of Nothing" books by Holly Black (And so it should be known that all of the characters are hers). While we know what Jude was doing when spending her time in exile, no one...
