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The king’s failures and unpopularity were widely talked about among the people.
However, her new job as Promenade director had made her the king’s biggest champion. Strengthening his reputation would be at the front of every decision she made.
He wished more people would give him a chance despite his youth.
“I don’t believe any of my other projects in the past have failed. They’ve all presented challenges that we’ve had to overcome.
The early Council of Essentials had deemed frivolous technology unessential to survival.
Emree took one look at the king, and her heart literally stopped. She imagined her death certificate, the lines detailing her demise reading that she had been killed by handsomeness.
at the rate they were going, they could both make a living as thieves with all the glances they were stealing.
He would keep it in his room right next to her collection of fairy tales.
She hated being that girl, the girl who always needed more.
“It might seem like I don’t care, but the truth is, I wish people liked me. I wish they believed I was as good of a king as my father was. I wish they could see how much I want to help them. But after all my mistakes, I don’t blame the people for doubting me.”
“I really want to be with a woman who sees more than the throne. A woman who doesn’t care if I’m king or if I’m voted out. I want a woman who challenges me. Who loves to read and learn new things. I want someone who doesn’t let society dictate how far they can go in life because of what social class they were born into. Someone with goals and aspirations but that is also rooted in strong family values.”
“Someone who catches my breath every time she walks in the room and makes me feel more alive than I’ve ever been. In addition to all of that, she has to be available AND feel the same way about me.”
He wouldn’t have learned that love and family were the only things that mattered.
“I want to marry you, Emree Dutson, for all the right reasons. Images of you consume my everyday life. You are my future, every special moment I don’t want to forget, and all my dreams coming true. You’re not just a random girl at the Morreck Inn, the Promenade director, or a working-class woman in gray. You’re my everything, and I don’t want to live another day without you.” He held the ring out in front of her. “Please say that you’ll marry me and be my forever.”
