The queen looked up from her papers, calm as ever, but her eyes sharpened at my urgency. "Aurora, slow down. What has you worked up?"

We need to move the Mate Ceremony as soon as possible mother, I don't want to lose them. " I said, voice tight, trembling with barely contained rage.

The Queen raised an eyebrow. "The ceremony is in a few weeks. The planners have..."

"I don't care about planners!" I snapped, stepping closer, hands clenched at my sides.

"She, she's... ...