Chapter 40 - A Most Welcome Apparition

It was already midnight, yet Lianne still couldn’t sleep.

It was difficult for her to disregard the fact that she had not eaten dinner and that it made her stomach growl in protest. But what had mainly hindered her from drifting to slumber were her thoughts of what happened the night earlier with the newly-crowned King.

She knew she had slapped his pride real good and that she was the one to blame for their confrontation. How could she have forgotten he had risked his life for her?

The act itself was concrete proof that he wasn’t being manipulated by his father.

Now, she felt absolutely guilty to be easily misled by Duke Conrad’s words.

Seeing the prince for the first time express such emotions was a complete shock for her. All this time, she had thought of him as a person devoid of emotions. He would usually wear his familiar cold, blunt facade as if he was not