Chapter 267

“I'm awake,” she managed to groan, her eyes closed. “You can come in, Omna.”

The door open and the guard, Omna, hurried in. He bowed his head to her. “Words are moving around the kingdom, Your Majesty. It's about the king of Salem.”

Her eyes sprang open, her heart thudding. “King Lucien?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

With a groan, she managed to push herself up from the bed. Her eyes found Omna. “What about the king of Salem?”

“Words are, he has finally honored his treaty to the kingdom of Navia. He has officially asked for the hand of Princess Kamara in marriage.”

Her heart stopped.

The world tilted around her, and it was a blessing that she was sitting down on the bed, because if she was standing, she might have lost her balance.

King Lucien was marrying Princess Kamara. Lucien was marrying Kamara?

“Wh-what?” Her heart was hurting, the physical pains in her body momentarily forgotten.

The guard nodded his head. “Th