The longest two weeks of my life are at an end. After all the hoopla the selection was now down to three. My Princess of course, and some other girl whose name I couldn’t remember, and Princess Rowena.

Now today I had talked mother into letting me come to her chambers to meet the three and though she’d insisted that I stay out of sight, just to be in the same room as beauty again after all this time was enough.

I hadn’t even been able to catch a glimpse of her since her ...