Chapter 20 - Double Meanings?

"I profoundly apologize for Pamela's behavior today. She is not always like that."

He said for the umpteenth time when they got to the door.

Belladonna was feeling much better now and she offered him a smile.

"Maybe she is not used to meeting new people."

He hummed lightly, and once again because of the mask, she couldn't determined what that meant.

Was she the first Bride he was introducing to Pamela or was she the number...

How many Brides had he even had in the past?

She pushed the question quickly out of her mind, remembering their promise of taking one step at a time.

Instead, she thanked him for the day.

After what happened with the dragon, the King had taken her somewhere else they had talked about in the book, and that was the palace garden.

It was the same garden where the Choosing Ceremony had taken place, just that this time around, it was just them and it was all for a different purpose.