inn

o a chilling silence. The serv

one had ever dared speak t

a murderous look. The guards tensed,

a hand, and the man pushing the wheelchair backe

h interest. "You are far more intriguing than the reports suggested," he sa

ld never have had her chance with the Crown Prince. Some peopl

of Gideon's lips. "Sharp tongue. It seems the Ki

ing?

g was perfect. He thought I was a

dding officiant, hurried over. "My lord and

ntence from Gideon, everyone else ru

mix of sharp cedar and something like sulfur-the smell of a drag

mered through the cer

crowd of terrified servants and a front d

ded Alfred. Then he turned to me, a glint in h

bride's suite. It was spacious and lu

in by Ronan. He dismissed every

t watched me with those unsettling golden eyes, as i

Have you stared enough? Or a

s. "Kill you? That would be a waste. An int

led out a dagger. The blade gleamed with a deep red she

gant and deadly. "Tell me, what is your mission?

atal weakness. Asking its location w

been reading too many spy novels? My miss

ringing my face close to his, nearly nose to nose. I could

I murmured, my voice low enough for only h

tting the te

ssets become

r him, seduce him-anything but this. For the first

and stepped back t

n his eyes slowly giving way to

er doors were thrown open with a crash. A woman

!" she