OVERFLOWING WITH GIFTS

"MAYBE I shouldn't have accepted this very precious gift," Eclaire said while clutching the pebble hidden under her top. The queen turned the pebble into a necklace and asked her to wear it all the time. Hence, she wore it as soon as Her Majesty gave it to her as a necklace. "Your mother gave me a very generous gift, Nathaniel."

The Crown Prince arrived to fetch her the moment the queen gave Eclaire the pebble in the form of a necklace.

Hence, Nathaniel saw the precious gift.

[And he looks surprised.]

"I didn't expect Mother to give you the pebble that she owns," Nathaniel said, nodding. "Only three members of the royal family own something that precious."

That would be the king, the queen, and the Crown Prince.

"As expected. Should I just return it?"

Nathaniel just picked her up from the greenhouse and right now, they were walking in the long pathway that led to where the Perkins carriage was waiting for her.