Forty-seven:
Prince Adrianus
I had made a grave mistake.
All I had wanted to do was to protect this girl. I didn’t want to have feelings for her. But something had happened in the car that day. Something that I couldn’t explain. The two of us went into the palace together, where I found my father waiting for us. King Hans. “So,” said my father, “is there something that you would like to tell me? About the guard that you hired, my son? Without my knowledge?”
“Look,” I said, “I didn’t want her to feel like she was being controlled by me. I wanted her to have a life. I thought that maybe if she could be with someone, it would make things easier on the two of us.”
“You two are engaged,” said King Hans, “and I understand that it was done
