CHARLES’S POV:

Charles strode through the palace. Unlike when he and Malia first entered, he felt that all eyes were increasingly on him. Lucie, their guide, came pacing down the stairs, her silks fluttering as she ran; for some reason, they reminded Charles of Malia. Perhaps it was their resemblance to the silk he had bought for her in the market before the parade.

Lucie curtsied. “Princess Monet has requested that you meet her in her chamber, Mr. Dunn,” she ...