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CHAPTER ONE

‘PRINCESS LAYLA, are you excited to be…?’

Layla patiently waited as the little girl on her co her words By video link Layla was being bea wo hard, Layla et to each classrooed the children to converse in English and to work harder on their schoolwork, and it was proving a huge success

‘Princess Layla’ The little girl tried again ‘Are you excited that you will travel to Australia with Prince Zahid and Princess Trinity on their honeymoon?’

At the word ‘honeyles and Layla did her best not to join in with theirls and they were all terribly excited that the handsolish lady Trinity, and they were all only too happy to talk about weddings

And honeymoons!

‘Well done,’ Layla said to the little girl when the laughter had died down ‘You asked your question beautifully Yes, I a my brother and his bride in Sydney, Australia Did you know that you are ht?’

Zahid and Trinity’s wedding had been beautiful, and the whole of Ishla had joined in the celebrations, even though the shocking news had hit, just before the wedding, that Trinity was already pregnant

Layla’s rule was that so long as questions were politely asked she would answer as best she could Sonancy, had been more than aard—and not just because the subject in Ishla was sensitive Layla siun to understand just how naïve she was

Layla craved knowledge

She had long dreamt of a world outside the palace walls

Before Zahid had even knoho his bride was he had agreed to allow Layla to acco Zahid could not be expected to entertain his wife all day, and of course it had been assumed that his bride would need a companion