“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
Hazel enjoyed looking around the outside of the palace as they rode on the horse. The tour was better when it was with someone she loved instead of the head maid who was quick to take her from room to room.
With just Tobias, Hazel was able to witness the beauty of the palace. If they got rid of a few people, it was not a terrible place to be.
As they rode, Hazel noticed the guards giving them strange looks and assumed that it was a bit odd to see a couple riding together. She would use the excuse that she was not well trained in riding a horse, even though she was, as to why they were together.
"You must admit that the palace is beautiful. It is the people that make it hard to see the beauty of it. Should we do a cleaning to get rid of them?" Hazel joked.