A Secret Heir to Secure His Throne by Caitlin Crews

Author:Caitlin Crews
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-12-19T14:40:13+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

MADELYN STAGGERED OUT into the hallway and then tried to walk along it as if everything was fine. As if she was fine when she very much doubted that she would ever be anything like fine again...

Yet she was overly aware that people could see her, from the unobtrusive but watchful staff to the guards stationed at their usual intervals.

She really, truly, did not wish any of them to notice that she was on fire.

When surely the blaze inside of her and all over her could be seen from space.

So she walked as quickly as she could without seeming to run. She tried to look composed and at ease, though glimpses in the various shiny, reflective surfaces that were all over the palace made her doubt she was fooling anyone. And when she finally made it out of the busy part of the palace, she let herself slow down. And breathe a little.

That only made it worse.

She was hungry because she hadn’t eaten a bite on that terrace. She was irritated because...

Well. Because everything.

There was a large part of her that wanted to pretend this hadn’t happened, the way she’d been pretending so much hadn’t happened, so she could run back to her rooms, cuddle with Troy, and act as if nothing had changed.

But everything had changed.

And the worst part of this was that she could no longer pretend otherwise.

Because she could feel it inside of her. All over her, this impossible fire. This maddening blaze of heat and longing, this ache that was the reason all of this had happened in the first place.

Because she had looked up from her life, seen him, and nothing had been the same since.

She wasn’t sure how she’d managed to forget all of this.

Particularly the wildfire seduction of his kiss.

One taste of Paris Apollo and she would have done anything. She had.

Her parents weren’t the only ones who had lost a little faith in her and her decisions.

The difference being, you know that Troy is worth it, a voice in her chimed in at once, the way it always did. Because that was what mattered. At times he had been the only thing that mattered to her.

Paris Apollo couldn’t change that.

Madelyn staggered down one hallway. Then, feeling claustrophobic—even though there was nothing the least bit confining about these wide marble halls and arched ceilings—she saw a set of doors that led outside and pushed her way through them.

There was still light far off in the sky, a hint of daylight somewhere else. But she didn’t have it in her to wish she was following the light, because the dark was pushing in and it felt soothing.

Just for a moment, Madelyn thought, she could take a minute to soothe herself.

She felt guilty because Troy was here and for once she didn’t have to rush off to pick up a shift. She could spend all the time with him she liked, and she should. She would. Still, with only a backward glance at the

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