The Helio's Bride
A princess with a twisted past. When her fate takes an unfortunate turn, she is thrown off her pedestal and into the web of marriage with the bloodthirsty king of the enemy kingdom. Faced with life and death choices, Delaney must decide whether to side with the enemy—her new husband—or her family who betrayed her. __ As the son of the sun goddess, Darius finds his life unnecessarily long and boring. Until he meets his bride, Delaney, the feisty, fiery princess who is rumored to have rejected suitors by the dozen, the only female descendant of his arch nemesis, and a demon princess. When they get married, will he use her in his quest for revenge, or fall in the trap of her charm like every other male does?
Mother Queen Ivy (2)
NOTE: Extra chapter as promised in the last author's note. XO
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The butler was dumbstruck. "Apologies, your majesty, but she is indeed a maid."
Seeing the mother queen's gaze turn colder, Marlena was afraid a head was about to roll. She opened her mouth to speak, but Regina tugged her dress to shut her up.
"Insolence! Are you insulting my family?" Queen Ivy dismissed him and called her over. "Come with me, Marlena. And you three," she motioned to the maids she had selected, "get my trunks to my chambers."
Marlena cast a glance at Regina. Was this what her mother had been planning all along? Regina smiled reassuringly at her.
This had taken such an unexpected turn that Marlena didn't know what to expect. She stayed a few steps behind the mother queen, trying to make herself invisible as they went up the tower. When the woman finally stopped walking, she turned her gaze on Marlena.