Frustrated with the entire situation with Warren and Sophia, and with my stomach aching from eating so much cake, I headed out into the hallway, thinking I would have to come up with another plan. I should have known that simply baking a cake wouldn’t be enough to get to the man’s heart. After all, as a king, he had a ton of chefs to do that.

Almost the second I walked out into the hallway, Theo was there waiting for me, an expectant look on his face. “Well?” he asked ...