Prince Alexander's Chambers - 10:47 AM
Alexander sat on his bed, staring at his phone.....the one he'd used to record and post his video. The one that palace guards would confiscate the moment they found it.
He'd known posting that video would be suicide. Had known Marcus would react viciously. But when he'd watched Emily's press conference, watched her stand alone in Geneva facing the entire world, watched her claim her identity with such courage.....
He couldn't stay silent.
She was his cousin. His family. The rightful queen.
And if verifying her identity cost him his life, then so be it.
There was a sharp knock on his door. Alexander quickly hid the phone under his mattress just as the door burst open.
Six palace guards entered, their expressions grim and professional. Behind them stood Marcus's chief of security.....a brutal man named Konstantin who'd been personally involved in the coup three years ago.
