Built Bridges

Luciana's Point of View

The dinner had been tense, but we managed to lighten the mood somewhere along the lines. Khauhelo's little confession was a wonder to hear. Good news came in short these days, but triplets were a present from the goddess herself. Yes, she will have her hands full most of the time but she had Karabo by her side. Along with all of her siblings and her mother.

Julian had panicked when Amelia had brought up postponing the ball. He hadn't wanted to tell Katharine about it. Didn't want to admit to his own guilt. I felt a fraction of satisfaction at his unease. Serves him right. Royals were all blood thirsty sharks and delaying Katharine's coming out ball would only add buckets of blood to the water. It showed a certain amount of weakness within our house, which we couldn't tolerate.

After the whole Amelia debacle with Arjun, Arjun had wanted nothing more than to rip me from my throne. Any sign of disruption and he would pounce.