“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 are you still by my side?" Tessa asked.
"How do you know that I am here when you are not looking over here?" Liam asked, moving to be by his mother's side.
Tessa tapped his hand after he tried to take one of the cookies she baked. "They are not for you. They are for Hazel. I will be visiting her in the palace soon."
"Why?" Liam questioned, not wanting his mother to step foot in the palace.
"Because her parents are out of town tending to Helena and the king must be busy with all those women that keep going missing. I am not her mother, but I hope my presence may help her feel that there is someone she can speak to. Don't touch," Tessa tapped his hand again.
"Is that all or do you plan to warn her about grandfather? You mustn't tell her yet," Liam said.