Third Person POV
Silence. The dining room was filled with an awkward silence as Queen Isabelle sat with her husband, the sound of the dishes clinking together as servants scurried back and forth. Queen Isabelle had a wry smile on her face, while her husband looked a tad bit disgruntled, staring down at his food without much of an appetite and a resignation. "I take it that our son will not be joining us for dinner out of protest in attempting to wish him a happy birthday," he said meaningfully and his wife gave a small gasp of dismay.
She had forgotten completely to let her husband know that Lucian would not be joining them this evening.
She gave Julian her best winning smile as he looked at her suspiciously.
"What is it?" he asked, not buying it.
She fluttered her eyelashes and h
