EMMALINE Whatever feelings of disappointment or discontent my father might be feeling towards me - his apparent heir to a kingdom I have never seen - are to be discussed at a later time. A time I hope does not hurry to the present quickly. Despite his claims to murder Phobos and his family should anything happen to me, I wouldn’t put it past my father to murder me himself. So many people whose lives would be easier if I was no longer in the picture. My father, whose cold eyes watch me intensely. Novena, sitting at the edge of her seat with the crown prince darfing her at her side. Phobos, who currently stands guard at my back. I’m an unwanted rash that no one seems to want to part with. My self pity is interrupted by the crown prince. "King Dimitri, I know this must be a lot to take in

