Chapter 41 Plan B It Is! 

Frustrated with the entire situation with Warren and 

Sophia, and with my stomach aching from eating so much. cake, I headed out into the hallway, thinking I would have to come up with another plan. I should have known that simply baking a cake wouldn’t be enough to get to the man‘ s heart. After all, as a king, he had a ton of chefs to do that. 

Almost the second I walked out into the hallway, Theo was there waiting for me, an expectant look on his face. “Well?” he asked me in a low whisper. “How did it go?” 

“Great,” I told him. “The king and I are getting married right this very moment.” 

He narrowed his eyes at me. “Your face said something else.” 

“Okay, I failed,” I admitted, but I must have looked very upset. 

That was why Theo gave me a somewhat sympathetic look. He led me around the corner where we’d be less likely to be overheard. “What happened?” 

“First of all, your brother is the king.” 

“Okay, then?” 

“Sophia is the one he is planning to marry.” 

“Oh, right.” Prince Theo nodded like it didn’t surprise him at all. 

My eyes bulged slightly as I considered that response. “You‘ re not surprised that the king would rather marry Sophia than me? What? Do you think she’s prettier than me? Smarter? Sweeter?” 

“I didn’t say any of that, Ciana,” he said, huffing a little. “Focus.” 

I shook my head to clear it. “Fine, so we are going to have to come up with something else because he seems pretty set on the fact that she is the woman for him.” 

“What did you do exactly to change his mind?” Theo asked. 

“What could I do? He didn’t even want to talk to me other than telling me he was going to marry Sophia.” 

“And the cake didn’t help?” 

“Yes, it did,” I said, watching Theo raise an eyebrow while I completed my sentence angrily, “It helped to fill my stomach!” 

“You ate the cake?” 

I thought Theo would be upset, but after only a quick. pause, he chuckled lightly. For some reason, I felt he’d been in a fairly good mood lately. “All right, Ciana, what’s going on? You seem way more upset than you should.” 

“Do I?” 

He nodded. As his intense dark gaze fell on me, all of a sudden, I just felt so aggrieved that I needed to vent. “She even talked him into giving her a special bracelet!” 

Theo arched an eyebrow in confusion. “What bracelet?” 

I was in no mood to explain to him my childhood encounter with Warren, but at that moment, I saw that Sophia had turned the corner, walking toward us. 

you. How pathetic!” Of course she would humiliate me whenever she got a chance to. She raised her

really well, don’t you think?”

snapped back. “And I

sneered, “Indeed, we shall

she walked away, I turned around and shrugged.

about the bracelet, and she just showed

Theo asked, seeking clarification, and

Theo’s expression, he

“How did he even

I asked him,

“Based on what you

way of handling this situation, but

you have in mind?” I asked, folding my arms.

in love with Sophia in

nodded. “It definitely appears to.”

you.” He made

we do

take her prisoner, hold her for ransom, and before we release her, he’ll be forced to marry you. If the king refuses to marry you,

I said,

have a

I couldn’t think of anything better, so after a few moments, I said, “No. Fine. Okay. We’ll do

thought he was smiling, but whatever that expression was, it faded away

had already worked the plan out. He seemed

of the

guards around them both at that time?” I asked him, slightly confused.

to be the royal chapel. Any royal palaces would have tunnels and secret passages. That should make it easier for us to find her and take her hostage without anyone detecting what we are

did have a plan in mind alright. “How do you know that?” We

“I hear things.” 

we will need to take some time to figure out the map of the place and the terrain. We will need to make sure we have everything

that I had come up with something that actually contributed to

should have some time,” he said, thinking again. “Although I’m not

of it done and still get out in time to use the crystal to help

Let’s go to your

My chambers? 

we had for Sophia, but just the thought of being in my bedroom alone with him again had my head spinning slightly. I was so

the first time anyone had

to face him. “How can

to Miss Sophia’s palace right away,” he

at

the guard, I asked, “Uhm… why

Miss Sophia, and you must report there at once,”

Sophia was not married to the king yet and she didn’t hold any more of a royal title than I did. How

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