“The King of Leal is opposed to your union,” the Empress said, looking at Lily who had been reclining in her personal sitting room and reading a book.
It had been an entire week by now that she had been injured and she’d thought the Empress had come in here to talk about how she needed to keep up protocol lessons. But this was a different sort of news entirely that the Empress had come to bestow on her.
Lily put her book down and looked up at the Empress firmly.
“He’s not the only monarch opposed to James and I marrying,” Lily replied. Obviously, Lily meant Empress Sophia.
“Yes but if he won’t sign off on your betrothal contract, you cannot get married.”
“What is a betrothal contract really?” Lily asked, c*****g her head to the side. “It has nothing to do with the two people getti
