She is then informed that her mother has had a heart attack after hearing about Ahren’s elopement. He encourages her to be more kind and open.Įadlyn is angry and arrives at her parents' room to let them know but then she finds pictures of their wedding and how happy and in love they were. He leaves her a letter stating that he felt like she was pushing the responsibility of king onto him and that she uses her power as a weapon. Ahren decides to ignore her and elope with Camille. Eadlyn suggests to Ahren that he break up with Camille. Erik confesses that he did not participate in the Selection because he believes he is too unimportant for her. Eadlyn is also jealous of Camille’s lovable and kind character.Įrik tells her that being herself is more than enough. Eadlyn invites French princess Camille, who is in love with Ahren (her twin brother), which triggers Eadlyn’s jealousy. At the same time, there is distrust and unrest within the country.īaden also decides to willingly leave the Selection and accuses Eadlyn of being selfish. She decides to put more effort into the contestants and goes on dates with them, and kisses Kile. To promote entertainment, she cuts eleven contestants but this only makes people think of her as stuck up and smug. She does not want to do it but she reluctantly accepts her participation in the Selection with her own rules saying that if she doesn't like anyone she does have to marry them by the end of the Selection.ĭuring a parade, people throw food at Eadlyn and she realizes the country dislikes her. Her parents (Maxon and America) suggest she do a Selection so it takes the country's mind off something and her father has time to decide what to do next. There is still post-caste discrimination occurs and there are still many riots.

Sometimes she wishes that Ahren (her twin brother) had been born before her so she wouldn't have the duties of becoming future queen. Written by Jackie Friesen, Ariel Kuo, Yvonne Fung and other people who wish to remain anonymousġ8-year-old Eadlyn is the heir to the throne of Illea. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

The heir by kiera cass