"I didn't do that. I had no idea that she was my sister when the announcement was made." Rose and Dimitri had brought her into court to help Lissa win the election and she'd had no idea. There had always been tension between the two girls and at first she didn't like the idea of having a sister she never knew about, but now Lissa and Jill had become close. They were sisters.
"Dick Roman killed her. I didn't do that. I would never have done that!" He said the words that he knew would strike her the hardest and she hated that it was working. Her defenses were already down and her mind was raw with emotion and he didn't need to dig deep to make the queen crack at the surface.
Shaking her head, Lissa looked away from him again. Tears burned her eyes but she fought them back. "Rose isn't going to die for me. No one will. I don't want that. Stop it."