*I'm arguing with the guards as two hold my arms, one on each side of me.*
"I'm telling you the truth!" I insist, my voice raspy from being parched. "I'm Rosalind Lockwood!"
"And we've been telling you thats impossible," a third guard hisses at me, standing before me. He's coiled tight, ready to attack. "Rosalind Lockwood is dead."
"No, she isn't--"
"Do you think you're the first little redhead to come waltzing in here, wasting the King's time by claiming to be the late Lady Rosalind?" he sneers. "All you lot are doing are breaking His Majesty's heart. _Again_."
That makes me pause and frown. I can't imagine having to deal with that -- and those women are hurting my escape.
"What is going on here?"
I stiffen as I hear Azar speak -- for the first time in seven years, I hear my dearest friend's voice. It's enough to almost bring tears to my eyes.