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
Calm before the storm (1)
Hazel sat by the window, looking down below at the guards roaming around outside. The home was well protected for no one they didn't want to get inside. It was peaceful to be here. More peaceful than she remembered feeling the day after the wedding when they stayed in the home belonging to a king's former lover.
"They've sent away the gardeners. What if the flowers need to be cared for? They look so pretty in the snow.
Hazel thought this would be a good time for her to do a little bit of work in the garden without being judged or having her maids panicking that she was getting her dress stained with mud.
Hazel had never worked in a garden before, but she had been thinking recently that it might be a bit calming to be the one to plant the flowers she liked. The most she could do was clip a few flowers when she gathered with women during spring.