Lila's POV

"So King Darius is giving up the throne?" Mum asked as she sat beside me in dad's office.

I nodded, slumping back against the sofa. "He didn't really say much about it," I muttered.

All he said was: "Lila, Alarix, you have both proved you have what it takes to rule. I'm stepping down, and I want to pass the throne over to you both." I don't know the first thing about being a Queen. Never in my wildest dreams would I have expected this.

There is no way this is the offer that Melanie was speaking about. King Darius doesn't know me. How would I be his...