Lydia’s POv“Instructions to deliver this much food?” I asked sceptically as I surveyed the trays of food the workers carted into the room.“Beats me if I know why,” Margery sighed “but you’re to be fed, looked after and we’ll cared for for the duration of his trip,”I turned to look at Lily, with surprise on my face.Sure I know things have been good between us recently but I’m still his servant.“Well then, we better get to work,” Lily smiled as she got down from the bed and pulled me up too.Margery and Lily forced me to seat down on a chit and despite my protests, they force fed me several dishes of food.I took a quick bath and several workers stood with me in the closet as I dressed. Offering to zip up here and close a button there.It rubbed me the wrong way to let them do such mundane tasks so I shooed them away and dressed up on my own.******Several hours later, Lily and I took a stroll in the garden since I was officially banned from doing any work and constantly had my gu

Chapter 41Lydia’s POV“Promise me you’ll never do something that reckless again?” Darwin’s voice shook from the other end of the phone.My fingers tightened around the phone “I promise,”“Okay, I won’t punish your guards,” Darwin said reluctantly as a bright feeling swelled in my chest.Drusilla purred and I shook my head at her silliness.“Alright, I have to go back in the room now. Byeee,”“Bye Lydia,” Darwin whispered as I ended the call and took in a deep breath.When I opened the bathroom door, from the expression on their faces, it was obvious that both Margery and my guards had used their hearing to listen in on my conversation with Darwin.“Why did I even bother going in the bathroom?” I shook my head with a chuckle as Margery’s cheeks tinged pink.“Thank you Miss. We’re really grateful,” I stood in surprise as Alexei and his two partners bowed before me.“Really, there’s no need for all this fuss,” Margery protested.I ignored her and walked closer to the guards with their

Lydia’s POV“Lydia? Are you okay?” Caroline asked with concern in her voice.“Fine,” I mumbled in irritation as I walked away from the infirmary and stood by the wall to read the message privately.STOP THE KING FROM MAKING THE ELIXIR.I rolled my eyes. Same old message I had decided to ignore.My fingers scrolled up and I read the rest of the message.ALL INFIRMARY RECORDS ARE SENT TO THE KING.My eyes widened and I let out an involuntary gasp.What if my blood results confirm that I’m fae? I don’t want Darwin knowing about any supernatural roots I might have.I can’t risk him not making me queen. I have to go back to the infirmary.I pocketed my phone and walked out of the infirmary with shaky legs.No way will I let Darwin get a whiff of my results.I walked as fast as I could, immersed in my thoughts until I bumped into somebody.I let out a hiss and rubbed my elbow in irritation.“Can you really not see—-“ My rant trailed off as I looked into Margery’s displeased face.“It is rath

Chapter 45Lydia’s Pov“Wait hold up hold up,” I raised my hand to Ilene Margery and shook my head in confusion.“Now I’m really confused. Darwin is your brother and your mate is FAE?!!”“Who’s your mate?” “Why haven’t I seen him around and why does that affect your ability to use your title as a princess?”Margery sighed and resumed walking down the hallway.“Wait! I need answers,” I called out as I hurriedly walked after her.“Here,” she said as she came to an abrupt stop in front of two portraits.“King Kendrick and Queen Eloise,” Margery whispered as she raised her hands to the portrait on the wall and trailed it lightly with her fingers.I looked up at the painting of the man and woman staring into each others eyes with love.It was a nice picture but unremarkable.“Margery, I need answers. You can’t keep introducing me to past royalty without proper explanations,” I complained.“What do you see?” Margery glanced at me with a sad smile on her lip.“I really don’t understand what-

I coughed as my hands trembled and I blinked open my eyes softly.The whole room was smoky and as I licked my lips, I could taste the slightly powdery feeling of ash.“Wow… “ Keren paused to cough as she waved her hand in front of her face to clear the air.“That’s a bigger explosion than we ever dealt,”“Did it work? Did it work?” Lily’s eager voice came from the phone.I shook my head to clear the slight ringing in my ears and looked into the bowl.Where the bloody mixture had been, was a clear silvery liquid.“I don’t know,” I whispered as I shook my head. “I’ve never seen the elixir up close before,”“Lemme see,” Keren walked closer to me and peered I to the bowl.“Well?” I bit my lip and shuffled from feet to feet. The bowl still felt hot in my hands but it didn’t burn.“We never made anything like that,” Keren said quietly.“You did it,” Lily chuckled in disbelief “You’re going to be queen!”Keren looked from the iPad to me in confusion and delight. “Okay?…”“The bottle. Get the