Princess Francesca’s POV It’s late evening now. I pace back and forth at the bottom of the staircase. It’s not my place to interfere, but I can’t help but worry about what is going on right now upstairs. Gabriel and Griff obviously need time to work things out between them. The whole situation is a mess and I can’t help but feel slightly responsible. It’s me, after all, that is the source of their rivalry with one another. “Your Majesty, they are back.” one of my men calls out to me from the doorway of the lobby. I breathe out a sigh of relief. Sending a team in to extract Billy, Henrietta and their family from their farmhouse was particularly risky without either Grace or Griff at the helm, but they needed this time to work out their personal issues. Besides, the distraction has k

