Chapter 48: Eden’s Warning

Delia sat angrily on the couch in her room, seething at Basil’s words.

*Just stay in your room, Delia,* he’d said looking nervous. *I don’t want my father to punish you again.*

He said that, but was he so dumb not to realize that this was a punishment all by itself? What would Adolph do that was worse than this?

She shuddered at the thought and turned away from the possibilities. She was Prince Basil’s wife. She should be the most honored woman in the kingdom, yet that girl, Laurel, was managing the castle and was working out of Basil's mother's office?

She had never even seen that office. She’d only been able to use Basil’s ex-wife’s office and room, filled with her old stuff and covered in dust.

The very thought of it made her sick. She’d gotten rid of Laura, yet the woman was still haunting her. She glanced at Tina as she puttered around, grumbling and preparing tea. Of all the people that Laurel had managed to get rid of, Delia was surprised that she hadn’t gotten rid of Tina.