Put Them into Practice

Xenia couldn't help but grin as both she and her husband reminisced on some of the good old days of them not really knowing about each other. Well, as good as it was back when she was pretending to be a man, it still ended in her being wedded to her beloved King and her being a Queen with all the power she really didn't think she'd wield. Even after she had run away from a forced wedding, the way that her life led to this exact moment was both hilarious and thrilling in more ways than one.

"Now you're just being melodramatic," she chuckled at Darius's sudden words. "But I do agree that maybe this is just fate telling us to never forget our roots. Always stay humble, and all of that."

"I agree," Darius nodded. "Hubris was the downfall of all of the worst of us. Nasser is a prime example of it."

She hummed in agreement. "And you know what they say: Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer."