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
Winter party (3)
Hazel continued to watch Grant speak with men she knew and some she was not familiar with. There were a few from the court that she disliked as they were the ones pushing for Tobias to have another woman and the loudest about the fact she did not have a child yet.
"What kind of party is this?" Hazel wondered.
It was like many of her or Tobias's enemies received an invite.
"He might not know," Hazel said, wanting to give Grant the benefit of the doubt.
Grant wasn't in the palace a lot recently so it could be that he wasn't aware of who was troubling her or Tobias. With the tension in the Henson family, Hazel didn't know if Kenneth was passing on their troubles to Grant.
Hazel frowned when William made his way to Grant's side. Grant looked annoyed at first but then smiled. If Grant didn't like William around then why invite him? Why invite all these men who did nothing but kiss up to Grant?