Marked by fate
“Mummy, Daddy, come and meet Felix’s big brother. This is Prince Tobias. Prince Tobias, these are my parents, Michelle and Justin Breverton.”
Dad clears his throat beside us. “I think you mean Crown Prince Tobias.”
Kirsten bristles, turning on him. “No, I don’t. Felix is the Crown Prince, as Tobias was declared absent.”
Tobias’s jaw tightens almost imperceptibly at her emphasis on absent, but he keeps his expression polite.
“And that was indeed the case until about thirty minutes ago,” Dad says evenly, “when the Council officially reinstated him as Crown Prince.”
Kirsten freezes.
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