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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Nathan bowed his head. “What of the

Queen is

Nathan bowed

Nathan and the princes standing there,

chasing his

the event to all the girls.

were outraged, and a crowd formed around my

son this ha

happened.”

scoffing under the sudden pressure.

you reason

did seem unfair, that they wouldn’t have the chance to be judged. Loudest among them was Olivia, who insisted her

was the best.

had pulled out a book and began to

orders, I wouldn’t have needed to overcompensate with a more

Linda

about deviled eggs made it a complicated dish, but I knew that if I suggested that,

take it as an insult and fire more

was fine,” I said. “Yours simply became

put out

snapped. “If I had a more competent partner, then none of this would

have happened.”

to do with your

I supposed to

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

their place, nobility and commoner alike,” Linda

The King nodded.

try the egg

perhaps you

Julian,” she said.

“Yes, ma’am.” In his

about to watch his own

face soured, though she continued to chew. Eventually she s

did not

swallowed

watching her seemed less inclined to take a bite of his own offered egg. However, after glancing at

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

The King struggled for a word.

Repulsive?” Julian

so much joy as Julian.

Queen pressed one hand to her stomach and the other to her mouth. She

might be sick.

turned toward the cameramen. “Get

pulling the camera crews away from the

a bottle nearby and quickly poured a glass for the Queen. She refused

it from me.

the

waved her handmaidens closer, and they

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is now ended.“.

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