“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
"That cannot happen yet. I need to see that you are doing your part as you claim. You are standing here with me not knowing what is happening wherever the queen is. I want to hear that the doctor was successful before I jump to get more involved in your plans," Grant said, knowing not to rush before there were results.
They sometimes forgot that they were talking to a man heavily involved in planning how to win wars. A talent that still had him alive for this long and raised his status in the palace.
"You are hard to please, Grant. Still, it cannot be helped that we have to prove that we can be useful to you. It is not like your granddaughter will marry soon," Franklin said because he knew how Kenneth was with his daughter. "When you are ready, we will call upon the prince to have other women."