~Evelyn~

He had mentioned that he was going out of the kingdom for a few days, but now he had returned with a transfer of ownership for one of his properties. Even before I told him that I wanted to move out of the palace, he had already thought about it.

I immediately went to look for him. I appreciated his generosity, but this was just too much for me to take from him. If he allowed me, I would comfortably afford a nice flat in one of the clean suburbs that Shelly had mentioned to me. I ...