Brought a Husband Just as Asked

When Artie and the rest had flown out, Herriot's mind was in a mess. House Volen would surely take advantage of this secret, and all the dread that Herriot felt from suspecting everyone who knew had come in a heightened state. He was so sure that House Volen would cause trouble more than how House Princesley or House Ellis could make… perhaps even more than House Talcum and House Avorn could handle.

There was only one solution on top of the hat. Marissa Princesley didn't sell him out because she had a use for him being the prince. If Saritsa found the same use in him being in this position, then… what could he possibly not do right now? He didn't want to disappoint his father and his mother by making the kingdom suffer because he… was not born to either of them.