Chapter 8

As soon as I left the palace, the family carriage was already waiting to take me home. The moment I stepped through the door, my father’s voice roared, sharp and unyielding. “You insolent girl, kneel before me!” “How dare you defy your Uncle Jax and sneak into the palace behind my back?” “If His Majesty finds out that the Lambert family’s daughter is a courtesan who serves countless men in bed, where will our family’s honor be?” “Do you want the Lambert family to be the...