Damien's mother had threatened Vienna, securing her promise that she would not tell him in exchange for her life. The queen wanted Vienna's child, Vienna and Damien's child, the child she had not yet dreamed of having. But once she had, she knew she would love it with her whole heart. And Vienna already felt the threat of having it taken away from her.
She could lie there and convince herself that marrying the prince had never been a reasonable idea. But the truth was that she loved him. Worse than that, she loved him fiercely, and nothing could change that. And if she married him and had his child, she would be exposing their family to a lifetime of agony under the queen's rule.
'You should destroy the queen.' The thought whispered in Vienna's head over and over again. But the problem
