The Kingdom Chronicles Box Set 1 by Camille Peters

Author:Camille Peters [Peters, Camille]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rosewood Publications
Published: 2020-04-06T22:00:00+00:00

I sat in the parlor with Eileen, nursing a cup of tea a parlor maid had just handed to me—the very maid I was certain Ali fancied. My hand tightened around my cup as the increasingly familiar envy festered within me. I yanked my gaze away and took in the parlor, anything to distract myself. It was my favorite room in the palace—a vision of soft pastel rose walls, cream rose-carved molding accented in gold, and vases of blooming roses. My best friend sat curled up on the loveseat with her sketchbook perched on her lap and several pencils tucked into her hair.

I sipped my tea as my mind drifted to the last several days. While I’d finally achieved everything I’d always wanted, something was…missing. I was so lost in my thoughts that it took me a while to notice that Ali wasn’t at his usual guarding post. My heart jolted. Wait, where was he?

I stroked my finger along the rim of my cup as I frowned at the strange guard standing against the wall in Ali’s place. “Where’s Ali?” I asked casually.

Eileen smirked but didn’t look up from her drawing. “He’s training with a regiment of guards.”

Training? How annoying. I pursed my lips. “When will he be finished?”

Eileen shrugged. “I don’t know; Aiden deals with the guards.”

“Do you think he’ll be back by tonight to guard you at dinner? What about for tomorrow’s picnic excursion?”

Eileen finally looked up with a mischievous glint in her eyes. “It’s strange how often you notice Alastar, considering his job is to be invisible.”

“I don’t; I just noticed he wasn’t here,” I replied hotly.

“And you sure talk to him quite often,” Eileen continued, laughter in her eyes. I knew exactly what she was thinking—that I harbored feelings for Ali—but I refused to acknowledge anything to her. “And whenever he’s not around you talk about him.”

“I do not.”

She raised her eyebrow like he always did, only his was much cuter. “Are we not currently discussing Alastar?”

“No, we’re not. I just wanted to know where he was.”

“Hmm.” A smile tugged on her lips as she returned to her picture. “Rather than Prince Liam?”

I pursed my lips. I didn’t care where Prince Liam was, as long as it wasn’t with me. I returned to my tea. For the next minute I wriggled about on the sofa, trying to keep my next burning question firmly in my mouth where it belonged. Unfortunately, this battle against my slippery tongue was one I always seemed doomed to tragically lose.

“What type of guard training?”

Eileen smirked but didn’t look up. “Whose guard training, Rosie? Forgive me, I’m not sure to whom you’re referring.”

“Ali, of course,” I snapped.

“Oh, the guard we’re determinedly not talking about?”

My cheeks burned. “I’m just asking a question.”

“I see.” Her mischievous grin widened as she glanced up. “I’m afraid I don’t know the details except that all the guards go through routine training exercises. Aiden would know more. We could ask him.”

“No, don’t!” That would be utterly mortifying.

“But aren’t you curious?”

Not that curious.

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