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I finish brushing my hair before the stress makes me brush the strands into a static electric mess, and I stand up

“Good, you’re ready I want you to appear eager,” the queen says, and when her eyes take hter” There’s alhter in her voice, but I can’t help notice how it seeust

I don’t want to think such horrid thoughts abouta peaceful compromise to a nation I will one day rule I don’t ar, I don’t want famine

Marriage is a small price to pay to save untold lives of my future subjects

I sown, so lavish that I was afraid to put it on It took two handmaidens to cinch me

What if it takes two princes to un-cinch the dress? My face heats at the idea, and I’m horrified

I keep walking forward, leaving rand ballrooh I’h the princes have both coh there are lected in these modern tiement

I can barely breathe thinking about what little I do know about the different ceremonies I’m terrified of the betrothal cere of the of hands, if I remember the protocol correctly, and that can’t be so bad

But then I see them both

Wow Just

These two princes are stunning in the pictures that I’ve seen, and when I see theraphs do them no justice They are so attractive that it al this, the person who cares nothing about dating and has had zero interest in ly, incredibly attractive Broad shoulders, strong chests, and chiseled abs I can see defined through their shirts Charodlike

My body is utterly betraying ht now, because I feel a daet wet, especially not just seeing a man…or two

Aaaand I’d hoped that ouldn’t even work on an heir till later I know that there are cere to have to sleep with both of them… Now I’m not too worried about it