Chapter 45: LUCIEN

He dropped the knife and orange from his hands and came towards me all but jumping with excitement. "Is she really? We must...Does your mother know...?"

"No, she doesn't, why?"

"Why? Why? Why do you think? Not only will this child be your heir, but he'll be the first child born in the royal family for centuries, not to mention your mother and father's first grandchild. We have to leave sooner than planned...."

I leaned my ass against the edge of the marble countertop and watched him make himself crazy. He kept opening and closing cabinet doors and coming away empty-handed. Then he went after the fridge again and started pulling out vegetables and piling them up on the counter.

"No wait, even if the princess is fond of vegetation the young prince will need something more for his growth. Move Lucien!" I wasn't even aware I was in the way until he shooed me away from my spot and pressed something that made part of the counter where I'd been standing slide back to