-Joseph-
“Why are you hiding him?” the queen asks me as I try to usher her down the hall and away from Cora and her father.
“I’m not hiding him,” I tell her. “I’m simply giving them time together. It has been quite some time since he’s seen his daughter.”
“What if she tells him something?” she asks worriedly.
I roll my eyes. “What could she possibly tell him? That you force-fed her? That you knew she was in pain and ordered her not to take tonics? If she tells him anything, it’s only the truth.”
“He will tell the whole kingdom!”
Her outrage is honestly astonishing. She didn’t care if she hurt my mate, but she cares very deeply if the kingdom finds out. Cora won’t say a word to him about it, but I kind of wish she would.
“Prince Joseph,” she says, grasping my arm and diggin
