“Don’t tell Lily I’m here,” implored Duke Max to Prince James.
He’d just explained to James that the King of Leal planned to stop his union with Lily.
“Just another person to add to the list of growing people who don’t want us to be together,” James said tiredly.
Frankly, he was starting to feel that Lily was right. Things would be much easier if he wasn't the crown prince.
He sat with his future father-in-law in his own private sitting quarters. He wished his friends were here to help him. He wished Carl was here too but his mother had effectively sent them all away to help their ally across the ocean.
James looked at Duke Max ruefully.
“What are we supposed to do?”
“I have a plan,” Duke Max said haltingly. “but…it’s a dangerous one...”
James leaned forward, eager to figure
