Cynthia’s POV I knocked softly on Lady Addison’s office door. I hadn’t been here in a long time as Lady Addison was busier recently, so instead of me visiting her, she often came to me when she had time, but I used to spend a lot of time there. This room was probably more familiar to me than any other. After finding out that Royce was my mate, I lost contact with most of the people I considered friends as they didn’t know how to deal with me being mates with the Alpha Prince. Along with being my mentor, Lady Addison had become my one and only friend. She would spend days teaching me about all of the royal protocol as well as sharing secrets like only true friends do. We would talk about our respective mates, complain about things we didn’t like, share things we found interesting and j

