The Cost of Insolence

**3rd Person POV**

Lord Stanton would have to be a fool not to have sensed that he had managed for the first time to annoy Princess Mallory. He left the dining hall with no added encouragement but his presence had soured the mood at the table. Garrick was glad though that Stanton had revealed his not-charming side to his aunt whom he had been trying to hint for the longest time that Stanton was no