-Joseph-
I step into the bedroom to find that Cora has already put her crown on her own head. I frown at her. “I wanted to do that.”
“What?” she asks in confusion, looking around her.
“Your crown,” I tell her. “I like putting it on you.”
She furrows her brow. “It’s just a crown.”
“Yes, but I like it. It means a lot to me.”
“Never again,” she says. “You’re the only one who will ever put it on my head.”
I nod. “Good,” I say as I lift my own crown.
“Hey,” she bites, rushing over and taking it from my hands. “What if I want to put it on you?”
“Do you?” I challenge, raising an eyebrow. She doesn’t understand that I searched for her for years. She’s the kingdom’s princess, but she’s also MY princess.
She smiles. “I do now.”
I lean my head down so she can reach me better as
