"If you don't want to be manipulated, just be obedient," Franklin Clegg spoke softly, "Miss Victoria, I do treasure you… I wouldn't do anything that you would find repulsive, you understand. But the prerequisite is that you are obedient..."
Victoria stared blankly at Franklin Clegg, suddenly seeming to realize something.
"The reason you said you wanted to take me to a place where no one else is, to lead a life of seclusion—is this why?" She almost couldn't believe her own words.
She recalled what Franklin Clegg had said to Hank Clegg on the plane before.
He intended to bring Victoria to a distant place unknown to others, to live incognito…
Was it actually to bring Victoria to Sez… Was the so-called "living incognito" about completely changing her identity, becoming that "Princess", to avoid a catastrophe for the Clegg Family after the prince's ascent to power?
At this thought, Victoria felt a chilling sense of having been "deceived."
