Chapter Forty Seven

"Kai!" Martin snapped, clapping his hands together in front of my face to drag me out of my panicking.

I blinked at him. "What?"

"What are you panicking about this time?"

"Everything?" I replied meekly.

"Go through one thing at a time."

I stared at them for a moment and realised that I was being surrounded by grownups. Even Ali wasn't a kid anymore like I was back then. I felt a little isolated, but knew that I was in good hands so I wasn't too worried.

"Well, I just didn't quite think about the severity of what would happen once the truth got out. I mean, I might say that I prefer to have people know me for who I am rather than me as a royal, but I guess I never really took into account how such a secret might affect them after it gets out. My friends are going to be seriously shocked, I know that much, but it's impossible to tell how they'll react. And well… hearing that Ozera thought so highly of the Ivashkov princess six years ago, it makes me think that I want him to be the last