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. 

pathetic!” Of course she would humiliate me whenever she got a chance to. She raised her slender arm and on her wrist was my

skin tone really

rub it in my face,” I snapped back. “And I won’t give up yet. We

we shall see.”

I turned around

bracelet,

said Warren gave it to her?” Theo asked, seeking clarification, and I

Theo’s expression, he

did he even

say?” I asked him, confused.

back on me. “Based on what you said, it sounds to me we should

of handling this situation, but

do you have in mind?” I asked, folding

with Sophia in

“It definitely

well. Then we’ll make him trade her life for marrying you.” He made the statement like it was

do we do

find a way to 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, we will kill

people,” I said, shaking my

you have a better idea?”

not. I couldn’t think of anything better, so after a few moments, I said, “No.

he was smiling, but whatever that expression was, it

do this?” I asked him, hoping he had already worked the plan out. He seemed to be very set on this plan, after all, so surely he had

day of

lot of guards around them both

most likely, but we will get her here at the palace before she is on her way to the wedding venue, which is likely going 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

alright. “How do you know that?” We hadn’t

“I hear things.” 

good. But 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

and I smiled slightly, satisfied that I

have some time,” he said, thinking again. “Although I’m not exactly sure how time works here

we could get all of it done and still get

your chambers for some more planning.”

My chambers? 

look away from him. I was certain all he wanted to do was speak about the plans 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 out of

the first

face him. “How can I help you?”

escort you to Miss Sophia’s palace

to look at Theo.

back to the guard, I

summoned to be the new maid for Miss Sophia, and you must

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

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