"Go ahead darling...the girl means nothing, she's just a cyborg...a fugitive...~"
But she-she wasn't-Cinder WASN'T nothing-she was....everything......
He struggled to control his panic. His coronation was still 9 days away, and Queen Levana was only getting worse-and who knows what she would spring on him next. But she was wrong if she thought he would become her puppet-he would defy her at every turn. He would find Princess Selene. Dr. Erland would find the antidote-and he wouldn't even dance with Levana at the stupid ball if he could help it-to hell with diplomacy. Remembering the ball parted the storm clouds in Kai's mind a bit.