The only thing that Vienna cared about was Damien. She had ruined things between them by letting him believe that she doubted him and their love. He was riding that morning with his mother. If he told the queen that the wedding was off, she would come for her head. And it would not be the queen dirtying her hand, because she would never let her son know she had a hand in it. She would protect herself. So Vienna had to be prepared for anything. Still, her only real concern was for the prince. Before the queen's men came for her, she had to tell him that she loved him and would have married him with no regrets whatsoever. Vienna left her room, deciding to pace in the private garden so that she could be alone with her regrets. Though she should have been worried about seeing her mother and

