-Cora-
*flashback*
“Anything?” King Franklin asks, sitting across from me as I’m curled in my favorite chair in the library.
“You know as well as I do that there’s not much here,” I tell him. “You have the good books in your office.”
He smirks at me. “You’ll get them someday.”
“Joseph will get them someday,” I say with a pointed glare.
“I’m sure he’ll share,” he says, crossing his legs. “He actually likes you.”
I pause, unsure how to respond. I’m pretty sure he means that he doesn’t like Judith, but does he not like me? I shake my head. It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t. “Did you need something?”
He shrugs. “No. I just wanted to get to know you better. Tell me about your home?”
“My what?” I ask, closing the book.
“Your home,” he says again. “I want to know about the pa
