Roman

“Do you think the king and queen are partners—in a partnership?” Lucille asked as we climbed the grand staircase.

I laid my left hand in the small of the princess’s back, splaying my fingers. “I don’t know. When I began this, I would have said no.” We both kept our volume low. “You’ve been here longer. What do you think?”

“I’m beginning to think that there’s a whole world behind the curtain, so to speak, a ...