Chapter 40 - Taking on the masters.

Helena

It was all a bit much, but I kept my pose. It felt so unreal that I had to read the letter from the lab a couple of times before it actually sank in. I was born Princess Phillipa, but I couldn’t see anyone calling me by that name. All my life I had been known as Helena. I knew it would make my parents very happy if I started using the name they gave me, but I wasn’t ready for it.

Oliver suggested that we take it one step at a time. He hovered around me almost as if he was trying to protect me. More than normal. I loved him even more for that. Now that the truth was out, it was as if everyone wanted a piece of me. They were expecting me to just jump into the role. They didn’t understand that I hadn’t lived the life of a royal until I met Oliver.

I was one of them. I was lower than some. I lived as an omega most of my life and spent four years as a slave. I understood the pain and suffering some of them went through better than any royal ever would. It took a day or two for me to