"Please, don't ask me," Herbert said. "I can't say anything." His eyes pleaded with her. Somehow Alexandra couldn't come up with the strength to ask him again. Her heart troubled, she nodded to the prince and moved back to the seemingly endless round of dances and empty conversation.
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She didn't see the stranger until he stepped out of the shadow and grabbed her. She felt the cold knife on her throat and knew she was going to die. Only she didn't. Somehow Prince Jordon was there and he grabbed the knife barehanded. Alexandra could see the blood on his hands yet he didn't pause. He pulled the attacker off balance and away from the princess. Spinning, the prince threw the other man against the wall and efficiently knocked him to the floor. Alexandra recovered enough to call for th
