Cursed by Time but Blessed by Love

I smiled and said to him, 'You can't be the Queen.'
Relieved, I moved my shell out of the palace that very night.
As Ella Brooks, I had managed his household for decades, allowing him to focus on conquering the realm. I had done more than my fair share.
Even if they begged me to be the Queen, the mother figure of the empire, I wouldn't dare accept. The entire world had become his home - did he want to work me to death?