The wait for the Earl of Dublin to appear and take her blood was getting to Bella. It had been days and the man was yet to come for her. Bella had taken to looking for him in all three of the meals that they shared together in the dining hall. But she hasn’t seen the old man so far. It was like he disappeared or something.
Bella wanted it over and done with so she could take her brother and leave the grand court. Madeline was right the place was toxic.
But Marian seemed to be enjoying every moment of it. She and prince Phillip were moving forward with their wedding. And the Grand King seemed to have granted them their wish of getting married in the grand court because tailors, decorators and caterers came and went to the castle as they prepared for the wedding.
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