Chapter Forty Five Taking a deep breath yet again, I braced myself for the hurt that was to follow after I spoke about it. “It is Robyn. The fact that I still do not know where he is is eating me alive. Stella. How can I be here enjoying myself? How can I be here rejoicing that I'm a new….a new princess with this whole palace at my service, with everyone so happy to have me here and yet I do not know where my brother i?. It is my duty to protect him and I have failed. I have failed him”, I say and the tears I thought were done coming out of my eyes proved me wrong. I quickly wiped them away and Stella's concerned face just makes my heart ache even more. “ I know, I know how you feel, but you really tried everything you could when you tried to stop the auction from happening, but it

