LOGINThe entire ballroom had fallen deathly silent as I made my way towards the doorway. I paused for a moment, my eyes finding Landon. He stared at me as the others did, but there was something warm and familiar in his gaze that certainly wasn’t in the others' eyes.He gave me a curt nod, already knowin
Leopold’s POVI wanted to be anywhere but here.Nothing about this event felt right; not even the woman who was clinging to my arm like it was a lifeline. I stared down at Sophia as she flaunted the too-large ring on her finger… one she had picked out.Everyone thought she was the luckiest woman eve
Cheers erupted around the ballroom at the sight of them, and Sophia basked in it while Leopold remained stoic. I wondered what was running through his mind at that moment; was he happy?“Isn’t she gorgeous?”I heard someone whispering from nearby.“She truly is going to be a remarkable queen.”“We a
Cecilia’s POVI could practically hear a pin drop; it was that quiet.I felt the piercing gaze of almost everybody in the ballroom as the doors opened and my name was announced. There was a slave at the entrance who handed me a bouquet of white flowers, an alternative to the red irises, much to my r
I could already hear the loud voices and the soft music coming from the ballroom before I even reached the corridor that led there.“I wouldn’t have believed it if I didn’t see it for myself,” a familiar voice said from nearby, making my steps falter.I turned slowly, and my eyes widened.Mia and Av
Ceclia’s POVTonight was the rehearsal ceremony.It was pretty much a mock wedding that we were all forced to attend… and as the King’s favored concubine, I was also forced to attend the actual dinner rehearsal after the fact. I was the only concubine who had to attend that portion of the rehearsal,







