The palace, the place Emily didn’t particularly care for - hated is more appropriate of a term really - and the place where she shall have to deliver her best act.
She’ll have to distance herself from her own mate, all for the sake of said act.
She had to make herself look meek and vulnerable, whereas Theodore needed to act cold and aloof with her.
You can do this, Emily, she told herself as she was entering the palace, a few steps behind Theodore.
Look at the bigger picture.
Tatiana welcomed them in, together with Liam, sporting sad faces. Considering the act, that was the most appropriate facade they could have put on.
They had barely been settled in their bed chambers when queen Alexia barged in, uncaring of what she might walk in on, no doubt thinking there was nothing to w
