CHAPTER 68

“Thank you, Lewis.” He smiled at me again, and gently tucked a piece of stray hair behind my ear, then cleared his throat and took a step back away fr “I’ll see you in a bit.” I took a deep breath in before opening the door to the dining area and entering. Immediately my gaze met that of the dowager que “You are late!” The old queen spoke, indignation laced in her voice at my tardiness. My gaze met hers and I was instantly met with a look that screamed “Maybe you’re early?” I tried to crack a small smile at the check of my statement, but was met with a face completely stoic and void of any humor, which way.

“A good queen would arrive early, not make jokes to cover up her insolence.” I didn’t think about my actions when my eyes rolled in my head at her word 1 had never been in this room without King Josh being present, he was usually sat right next to me making sure I ate all of the disgusting food I was was “As you know, once your mate bond has been established and you have accepted my sons mark, your coronation won’t be far behind. It’s important that of soup Id been given since living here. I was getting extremely fed up of soup. The queen had a lovely looking chicken lunch, complete with salad and b What Huh? Ballroom dancing? Classical music? What are they trying to turn me into?

“I’m not sure dancing is a good idea, I’m not…” I was cut off by her hands slamming down on the table at my apprehensiveness, it caused my eyes to w “The opinions of a human are irrelevant. Especially one like you, who has yet to hold rank. You will participate in all the compulsory lessons and you will waltz.”

The waltz?! I’m gonna end up dead, I couldn’t dance, I had no rhythm at all, so trying to learn how to officially ballroom dance was a task that was virtua “What if I can’t do it?” I swallowed and waited for her reply, but I was met with a simple answer, one that basically meant I had to do it or else.

“You will learn!” Well, she was definitely the kings mother, there was no disputing that.

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