“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
"Have you done this for others?"
"It's only the first night and you're already making your husband nervous," Tobias replied, not wanting to answer the question. "I thought we were forgetting about the past before each other?"
"I just want to know if it is special for you to be treating me with such care or common? Would you be so quick to help clean someone else and offer your shirt?" Hazel asked.
Hazel didn't care about his flirtatious past, but she would love to know which moments only happened between them.
"You must keep your promise of telling me if a woman you bedded is near. I don't want to be surprised by their comments."
"Must we speak of this on our wedding night? I've never cleaned a woman after making love to them. I wouldn't exactly call it making love then. You're special my little prude," Tobias said, tapping her nose with his finger.