“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
"You look lovely, Your Majesty. You will be the diamond at the ball as no one can compare to your beauty," Daisy said. This was her greatest work yet with how she dressed the queen for the ball.
With all the depressing talk about the queen not having a child, Daisy thought to work extra hard tonight to dress Hazel up so the queen would be ready to enjoy the ball.
"Thank you, Daisy. All of you," Hazel added the others as they all had a hand in preparing her. "Hopefully, the ball will go as planned. The king will be by my side all night so you don't need to be so near. If you are asked to dance, I permit you to accept."
Standing on the sideline with the other maids as Daisy tended to Hazel, Julia thought Hazel's words to be a joke. They weren't dressed up for the ball as they had to work and should they join the guests to dance, they would receive bad looks.
'She wishes to embarrass us,' Julia thought.