BOOK TWO: THE REGENT'S REIGN

The dress had looked beautiful in the morning when her maid dressed her, but now it weighed on Marriette like a heavy chain. She rested her hand on her husband's arm to maintain balance as she navigated the rough cobbles forming the street in this district of Bellopolis. 

"I hadn't expected the simple act of opening a school to require such a circus." Marriette leaned a little more on Torrance's arm. As the King's Ward and Regent, she would ...