The Unshackled Queen: Never Say Never by Gilbert Soysal

Hannah turned over and stared blankly at the door.

With many things now resolved, her mind drifted aimlessly.

Details she had previously ignored now flooded her thoughts.

She had made several attempts to dig out things Bryson was keeping from her.

Though he always refused to tell her anything with the same excuse, her anger had kept her from thinking too much about it.

Now, in the quiet of the moment, it struck her as odd.

What could be so important that Bryson would rather argue than reveal it?

She clutched her head and rolled on the bed, frustrated that she couldn’t figure it out.

Bryson’s mind always worked differently from others’.

“Forget it,” she muttered to herself.

She didn’t have the energy to guess.

Bryson had promised he would tell her soon.

She could wait a little Longer.

Lost in various fancies and conjectures, Hannah eventually drifted off into a deep, dreamless sleep.

When she woke up, it was already 10 o’clock in the morning.

smoothing her hair, surprised at how

picked up her phone and saw several messages from

I’ll arrive in Valmere around 2 o’clock

got the dress

shopping for some accessories

say? Brayden came with

dinner

shopping

My treat.

”

It sounded perfect.

to gauge Lydia’s

tapped out a response and sent it off, then tossed

her face, brushed her teeth, and

one outside the

fell on the

like anyone had slept on

he leave?” she

either during the night or early in the morning, so

instructed him, “You don’t have

him and make sure

”

Franklyn’s unfamiliar face

“Okay, boss, don’t worry.

I’ll guarantee his safety.

”