Chapter 20

-Katherine-

I didn’t quite get why Darius changed so fast out of the blue. He seemed almost angry as he pulled me into a little common room and then turned me to him, crossing his arms and looking very unsatisfied with me.

"What?" I asked, and he shook his head. "What?"

"You’re not queen."

"Thank you for pointing out the obvious," I said sarcastically.

"No, listen to me," he pleaded.

"What?"

"You can’t say stuff like that. You might be my wife, but if you accuse the actual queen here of cheating, what do you think will happen?" he asked.

I had not realized what he was saying before he pointed it out to me. I had been queen for ten years. The only person who couldn’t talk bad about me was me. I had forgotten what it was like to be the one who had to be careful of what they were saying. Darius was right. Just because he was Acan’s brother did not mean that I was protected from insulting his wife. No matter what had been done in the past… future… former life, I couldn’t forget tha