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
Suffer alone (3)
An awkward silence came over the room as Hazel focused more on what was served for them than lingering on the queen's words. If not for Tobias, her welcome into the palace wouldn't have been so great.
Now she was back to thinking about the pain caused by her shoes. Hazel moved slowly, trying to take her feet out of the shoes while she was sitting to give herself some comfort. She no longer expected Tabitha to be kind enough to have the shoes changed or the dresses altered.
To not have her feet in so much pain that she would not want to walk, she would wear the shoes she brought into the palace. Should the dresses rip because they were not suited for her, she would not be embarrassed.
"Your sister, why didn't she return with you? I have not received a letter from your family yet," Tabitha said, missing the younger sister. This sit down would have been better with Helena as she had not questioned the advice to not fall in love with Tobias.