1 wished I could tell him that I understood he meant his words and that I appreciated them, but there was no real opportunity for me to do so.

“Everyone needs to know their place, nobility and commoner alike,” Linda said.

The King nodded.

The Queen decided to change the subject, “I will try the egg first. I’m sure it is delicious.”

“Mother, perhaps you shouldn’t –”

“Quiet, Julian,” she said.

Julian lowered his head, unusually cowed. “Yes, ma’am.” In his eyes, something sparked though, as if he

was about to watch his own revenge unfold.

She bit into it. Immediately, her face soured, though she continued to chew. Eventually she s

the bite down. She did not go for a second.

swallowed

The King who had been carefully watching her seemed less inclined to take a bite of his own offered egg. However, after glancing at the cameras, he inhaled a deep breath, and nibbled on the edge.

Linda offered eggs to the princes. They all refused, even Joyce, who I had previously assumed hadn’t been paying attention. Perhaps he was more observant than I had thought. I truly knew so little about him.

“This is…” The King struggled for a word.

“Vile? Repulsive?” Julian supplied.

“Spoiled?” Nicholas added, without so much joy as Julian.

The Queen pressed one hand to her stomach and the other to her mouth. She lurched forward, like she

might be sick.

Immediately, the King turned toward the cameramen. “Get those cameras out of here!”

The producers complied at once, pulling the camera crews away from the scene.

I had some water stored in a bottle nearby and quickly poured a glass for the Queen. She refused to

accept it from me.

“My Queen?” the King asked.

She shook her head. The King waved her handmaidens closer, and they quickly scurried to get her away

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The event is now ended.“.

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“What

of them?” the King scoffed. “The Queen is unwell! Naught else matters but that.”

course, sir.” Nathan

left Nathan and the princes standing there,

his wife.

end of the event

and a crowd formed around

son this ha

happened.”

Linda said, scoffing under the sudden pressure. “Piper is the

reason that out?”

listening to the complaints of the girls. It truly did seem unfair, that they wouldn’t have the chance to be

was the best.

pulled out a book and began to

wouldn’t have needed

Linda

it a complicated dish, but I knew that if I suggested that,

it as an insult and fire more insults at

fine,” I said. “Yours simply became

out some

Linda snapped. “If I had a more competent partner, then

have happened.”

ground. “I had nothing to

supposed to

words and that I appreciated them, but there

needs to know their place, nobility and

The King nodded.

“I will try the egg first. I’m sure it is delicious.”

perhaps you

she said.

ma’am.” In his eyes, something sparked though,

watch his

Immediately, her face soured, though she continued

She did not go

swallowed

take a bite of his own offered egg. However, after glancing at the cameras, he inhaled

who I had previously assumed hadn’t been paying attention. Perhaps he was more observant than I had thought. I truly knew

is…” The King struggled for a word.

Julian supplied.

Nicholas added, without so much joy

her stomach and the other to her mouth. She

might be sick.

the cameramen. “Get those cameras out

the camera crews

and quickly poured a glass for the

from

the

closer, and they quickly scurried

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is

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