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
Why me? (3)
"I am not playing with you, Hazel. That is the last thing I want to do to you so just be happy when I pick you so you can explore the palace and see what comes from this. At the moment, there isn't anyone I think I want to marry. There are only seven days to make a decision," said Tobias.
He had to stay with the woman he picked for years to come and start trying for the next prince as soon as they wed. Seven days wasn't enough and it didn't help that he didn't get to spend time with many of the women before the selection. Not that he wanted to.
"Seven days would be enough for us women because we need to snag a husband fast before all the good ones who can take care of us are gone. You'd be surprised by how many women here already love you. Like my sister,"' Hazel said, now thinking of the portrait Helena had in her room of Tobias.
Those portraits were sold all through the market and there were some of the other popular men around the town.