The Sovereign Consort: From Discarded Wife To Ruling Queen

ck the bottom landin

ne banister. Within seconds, he was on his knees bes

ook at me!" Corin shouted, h

nds against her stomach. Her face had turned pa

whispered. "I did not see her move

me. The staircase was wide enough for four grown men to walk side b

His jaw tightened, an

d. "She is a guest in this house! If anything has

ts brushing against the marble. She barely loo

her husband while she has lost her child. Guards! Take her to the North Tower. Remove her household attendants and leave her

the archway, their hands res

me to the tower. The palace gates would close behind

my knee

aken control of me. I pressed both hands against my bruised ribs. When I looked at Corin

can barely stand without Julian's help. My stitches tore this morning. How

ne's gown and continued to cry. I wanted t

," I whispered. "Let the cold take me. My parents are already in the

l fell

me. His gaze moved from my shaking body to

nts had gathered near the entra

ox Gala was only six days away, and foreign envoys and memb

after her parents' deaths, every noble house would question his judgment. The co

Corin ordere

d toward him

cked Vivienne!"

to look at me. "The Princess is unwell. Grief has clouded her judgment, and she is not

my maid, who stoo

astern wing. She will stay in he

ers' wing without another word. Morvat

ron bolt on my chamber

dampness from my face with a linen cloth. My hands were stead

ld reserves from the lower vaults have been changed into foreign currency. We can get you aboard a small ship by midnight to

d not

toward two carved walnut cha

m from our coastal manor when I married Corin. Now both sea

did my father never build a gar

man who had served my family for decades. He reached into his

Julian answered. "Your father b

rs, each marked with the wax seal of King Aldus himself.

I asked as I studi

se the empty royal treasury and risk a war. To hide the truth, Aldus used the Valerius salt mines as security for the money he owed. He told your father to ac

ht. "My father

h fear. Still, he believed Corin would repay the debt once he took the throne. Your parents emptied

rned against

ivienne or Morvath's pride. The entire royal f

s. When my father finally gathered proof of the King's secret dea

mained. Now, after killing my parents and leaving me with nothing, It wou

he ship,"

me, alarm spreadi

La

nd met his gaze. My eyes were cl

troy the records, and my parents will be left as names carved into stone." I closed the pouch and tied the

end to do instea

on my lips. "Then I will give her a banquet the entire realm will remember. We are not