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
The talk (2)
Tobias sat on the bed, ready for Hazel to open up to him. It had been a long time coming that they spoke about what had been troubling them. Being outside the palace was also the best time for Hazel to speak about Julia and Grant. Nothing she said now would get out to anyone.
"I must admit that I shared it with the girls earlier when we broke canvases to let our anger out. I wanted you to be the first person to know, but it just came out then. I have been depressed for close to a year now. I'm sure you've noticed," Hazel said since he noticed everything about her.
"It might have been longer than that but that timeline is when I noticed it. It was because of the pressure to have a child and not having one. There wasn't much kindness when most spoke about needing an heir. It was so bad that there were a few times I considered sitting on the balcony in my room and then letting myself slip-"'