The King's Unbreakable Wife
“I cannot come to you with my problems when you have the weight of the kingdom on your shoulders. I would rather suffer in silence so I do not bother the king-” “Your husband,” Tobias corrected Hazel, placing his hands on her shoulders to comfort her as her eyes filled with tears. It pained him that he had not noticed how much the palace had been slowly breaking her. “I am your husband first. Do not hide your sadness from me,” he said, wiping away a single tear that slipped away with his thumb. … Hazel Wallace never thought she would make it far when she was picked to enter the selection for the next queen. In a surprise turn of events, she finds herself tangled up with the future king, Tobias Castro. Hazel once thought she would be strong enough to survive living in the palace walls. As queen and with Tobias by her side, she had nothing to fear. That was until the crown was placed on her head. Soon she realised the dangers in the palace and how not even the queen was safe from scheming men and women. Each day she spent in the palace, Hazel felt like a piece of her was slowly breaking away. Eventually, Hazel wanted nothing more than to run out of the palace, but after betrayals from people she thought she could trust, Hazel sought to become the person she was before entering the palace and get revenge on those who sought to take away her crown. Tales of Castro Nobility story timeline order - The King’s Unbreakable Wife The Knight’s Mysterious Maid The Duke’s Masked Wife
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Hazel looked straight ahead so she could avoid the gazes of everyone around her. She wore a smile like her mother instructed her to do right before they returned to the ballroom.
The room felt different now that they had exited and returned.
The sweet reunion of families seeing their daughters and anticipating the names of those to stay in the palace was no longer here.
Hazel felt hot for some reason and though she wasn't looking at the faces of the people she walked by, she knew that they had to be inspecting her as the queen said. Nitpicking at her appearance now even though they had already seen her dress before.
There was a bit of chatter, but Hazel couldn't make out what was being said.
She had always been able to stomach anything said about her and the attention because of her family, but it was a little different to deal with when it was a crowd of people.