The Wronged Princess - Book I by Kae Elle Wheeler

Author:Kae Elle Wheeler [Wheeler, Kae Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B007MF3NK0
Published: 2012-03-17T22:00:00+00:00

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Prince watched the foursome disappear through the door with narrowed eyes. He did not have a good feeling about the situation. His future mother-in-law struck him as a ruthless monster. ’Twas obvious she cared naught for Cinderella. He directed a gaze toward his mother who met his eyes. He could see at once her thoughts mirrored his. It was there in the worried frown drawn across her brow.

“Mamán, Papá. If you will excuse me for the evening?”

“Of course, dear.” The spark of relief in her expression confirmed his suspicions. But of course it was gone before it could register.

“By the by, Mamán, thank you for the invitation to the lake.” He could not resist the jab. And by her pained expression it met its mark. He nodded to an efficient servant who managed to beat him to the door and slipped through. Arnald followed fast on his heels.

“Do you foresee a problem?” Arnald asked, softly.

“I am not certain.” Prince stopped in the large hallway and cocked an ear but all he heard were soft murmurings from round the corner. On stealthy steps they made their way to the turn.

His worry must have been for naught for all he could make out was Pricilla’s amusing rendition of he and Arnald’s untimely intrusion from the late afternoon. He peered in time to see Eutilla loop her arm through Cinderella’s. In time to catch a wary glance pass between them. Her clasp on Cinderella’s arm suggested one of protection.

A flurry of shimmers hung in the air as his eyes followed Cinderella’s slender form down the corridor. Apparently, he was not the only one whose protective bone showed itself when she was about. Something lessened the restriction in his chest. It brought out an attractive side of Elsela….er…Esmeralda. While it did not change his tune regarding their upcoming nuptials, it did, however, raise her up in his eyes.

Prince smiled at fancying himself as Cinderella’s shield. Something most familiar about her touched him, something that remained just out of conscious reach.

He shook the rambling thoughts from his head. Were there not enough problems with this impending marriage? And now his mother proposing a betrothal ball to introduce Eutullie to all of Chalmers? Again, the thought struck him she had something up her magician-nistic sleeve. The picnic with Alessandro Lecce bore the proof. He smelled a rat. A very clever rat. It was past time to come up with a plan.

Too bad all his mind could draw was a huge resounding blank.

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