Chapter 90: Clan DeWinter At Your Service

I sit on a velvet-cushioned bench behind the throne at Castle Wilhelm, hands folded in my lap though I long to wring them out of my need to act. Sunny sits across from me, handsome Frank Hayle standing behind her, sympathy in his blue eyes as he smiles at me. Isabelle sits next to her queen, tense, but eager as the ruler of the Wilhelm clan turns to her tall, attractive counterpart lounging next to me beneath the stained glass window. Sebastian's dark curls shine in the light as he nods to Sunny.

"Clan DeWinter is at your service," he says to the queen before smiling at me with his charismatic flair turned on to maximum. "And at yours, Your Highness."

Everyone is calling me that, ever since Femke's little speech. I know it's a reinforcement of assurance. They need to feel they are doing the right thing, and the constant reminder is their way of shoring up their own courage. Though, in Sebastian's case, I know he's doing it to tease me because he can.