“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
"Mother, you may sit down instead of pacing back and forth. You are starting to make me dizzy," Helena said, looking away from her mother.
Renee continued to move from right to left. "It's been so long since your sister has been home. We must be here to greet her. Are you certain that her room is just as she left it?"
"Yes. Honestly, I can't tell if that is a good or bad thing. I wouldn't mind if you changed up the decor in my room every once in a while after I leave. Though it would be good to come back to see the memories. What I was like as a child," said Helena.
"Does that mean you consider yourself a child now?" Renee asked as the way the room looked now was not long decorated by Helena.