In public, she was the noble daughter of the Muller family and the enviable young mistress of the Carrell family. But behind the scenes, she was a poor maid who had to wear a mask all day long and struggled for her livelihood.

Due to a conspiracy, she was forced to marry Ralph Carrell, son of the most powerful family in Northfield, in the name of Rayna Muller.

After the wedding, Ralph doted on her.

When Rayna showed up and claimed the place, she shed all her glory and left. She thought she would never see Ralph again, but Ralph took her into his arms and said, "Mrs. Carrell, you are not running away from me."

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"I remember what I said," he nods. "And I haven't changed my mind about it. I want you to be happy even if I'm not the one making you that way."

A silence settles around us as we both engulf each others' words. I wonder what is going to happen back at the palace after he leaves. He should try to find his own love and make her his queen because he and I both know that can't be me. Not if I want to keep my family from being killed. Perhaps a part of me also doesn't want to become queen either because the responsibility scares me. I don't want the weight from a whole world looking up to me on my shoulders. I would crumble under all that pressure.

"Evan told me you wanted to interrogate some of the Destroyers' spies that I have locked up back at the palace," Bennett cuts through the silence and I perk up at the sound of his voice.

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