A Royal Legacy by Danielle Bourdon

Author:Danielle Bourdon [Bourdon, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Heir, Intrigue, King, Legacy, Love, Passion, Prince, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Royal, Suspense
Publisher: Wildbloom Press
Published: 2015-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Tell him no, for the third time,” a guard snarled into the phone. “Sander is not going to see Paavo.”

Chey paused outside the main information room, the center of intelligence gathering and incoming news, when she overheard Sander's name in conjunction with Paavo's. The third brother in the Ahtissari line, the trouble-maker who had nearly killed Sander in a blatant attack years ago and who had wanted to divide Latvala into regions, apparently wanted to see the king. Chey knew that Sander had paid Paavo a visit a year earlier when Paavo began causing problems in jail, and that Paavo had demanded that the king send him to the executioner's chair—or set him free in another country. The latter option hadn't ever been considered, not with Paavo's destructive background, and Sander had denied the execution as well. Chey remembered sitting up with Sander for a week after that conversation, talking through the disturbance it caused in her husband. Having been asked to kill his own sibling, whether Paavo deserved it or not, had hit Sander hard. Chey didn't blame him. It was his brother, someone he'd grown up with as a child, and she suspected it was the memory of Paavo in his youth that made the task impossible. Not only that, but Sander, still harboring ill feelings over his attempted murder, refused to give Paavo the easy out. Paavo was paying the price for his actions by being denied that which he most wanted: freedom.

“Excuse me. Is Paavo asking for Sander again?” Chey asked, stepping into the room.

The guard glanced at the door. “He's been demanding to see Sander since this morning. We've informed the guards at the prison it won't happen.”

“Did someone inform Paavo that the family seat had been attacked?” Chey knew that word of the attack traveled fast. Perhaps even fast enough to reach inmates in prison.

“Honestly, I don't know. Paavo didn't state a reason, only that he demanded to see Sander immediately.” The guard ended the call after a gruff goodbye and hung up the phone.

Chey considered the situation. Paavo might have heard there was an attack but no details. Perhaps he just wanted to rehash his insistence that Sander put him to death or to barter his exile with another country. Either way, Paavo was not a distraction she wanted Sander to have to deal with right now, and it appeared Paavo was going to keep insisting Sander's presence, a thorn in everyone's side. She expected Paavo to pull out all the stops, becoming such a nuisance that Sander would be forced to eventually visit the prison.

After several minutes, she said, “Call them back. Tell him that Sander will see him after all. Then arrange for my transport to the prison.” Misinforming Paavo that Sander was coming instead of her would shut him up, at least for the time being.

Every guard in the room stopped what they were doing to snap a look Chey's direction.

“Your Highness--”

“Chey--”

“That's not a good idea--”

Chey interrupted the expected denials.

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