"How dare you insinuate that something is going on between me and him? And who are you to question me? You are also a slave!" She immediately knocked him on the knees as Yuwen Jian went onto his knees.
The room fell into stunned silence.
Yuwen Jian remained on his knees, his eyes wide with shock. Lady Yuwen's mouth opened slightly, her carefully composed calm mask cracking.
Yuwen Lin took an instinctive step back, his hand moving to his sword hilt before stopping himself.
No one had ever seen Yueshuang like this. The gentle, obedient daughter had just struck her brother and forced him to his knees with a power that shouldn't exist in a sheltered noble lady.
Yueshuang's chest heaved, her eyes blazing with an ancient fury that didn't belong to the girl they thought they knew.
The air around her seemed to shimmer, crackling with barely contained energy. The mate mark on her neck pulsed faintly beneath her collar, responding to her distress.
