Epilogue

Once upon a time, a prince married a girl who didn’t want to marry him. Their marriage was rocky, and the prince realized that, if he was going to keep his new princess by his side, he’d have to make the ultimate sacrifice.

The princess, touched by his generosity, accepted his heart, and he hers. 

I never thought I’d have a fairy tale romance. I might be a prince, but they were fairy tales for a reason.

Niamh, of course, had proven me wrong entirely about that.

Five years after we’d married, the palace held a ball to celebrate the coronation of me and my princess as the new reigning sovereigns. My parents had decided to abdicate, feeling that their time in the spotlight had come to an end.

“We’re going to be late,” I said to Laurent. We were waiting for Niamh and company to arrive for our grand entrance into the ballroom.

“I heard something about a ‘kitten explosion,’ Your Highness,” replied Laurent gravely.

“I don’t even want to know what that means.”

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