Breaking Her In (Court of Paravel Book 2) by Brianna Hale

Author:Brianna Hale [Hale, Brianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-26T16:00:00+00:00

12

Aubrey

“This is nice. It’s like it was before.” Wraye smiles at me across the table at Les Trois Petits Cochons.

This is where I took her for breakfast a few weeks ago, before I knew she was seeing my father. After everything that’s happened with Cassian, that feels like a hundred years ago now.

“Yes and no,” I reply, picking up my fork, “but the scrambled eggs are still amazing.”

The last time we were here, Wraye was pale and quiet, like she had a lot on her mind. A few days before that, she’d been in tears after dancing with Daddy. We eat in silence for a few minutes, but then curiosity overwhelms me.

“What was happening between you and Daddy then?”

Wraye plays with the straw in her orange juice, her expression sad as she recalls, “I’d told him I didn’t want to have anything to do with him anymore. We were going behind your back, and I was deceiving him about belonging at Court as well.”

“You were in tears. It made you miserable to tell him that.”

“Yes. I was falling in love with him.”

Wraye shoots me a wary look, but I just smile at her. After he developed feelings for Wraye, Daddy finally talked to me about his past and my mother. He softened because of her. I think the only reason he hasn’t lost his temper and locked me in my room rather than let me keep Cinnamon at Bellerose stables is because of her, too. God knows how she’s persuaded him to leave me be.

I can see Wraye is dying to ask me about what’s been happening between Cassian and me, and pinwheels go off in my belly, as they have ever since the competition. I don’t know what Cassian and I are doing.

But I like it.

“Are you excited about the international competition?” Wraye asks. “You competed so beautifully on the weekend.”

They were in the crowd, and I’m glad all over again that I asked Daddy and Wraye not to come to help me get ready or come to the horse box after, remembering what Cassian and I got up to.

“Excited, but kind of nervous.” I’ve never competed internationally before, and the standard is going to be eye-wateringly high.

Wraye gives me her biggest smile. “You’re going to be amazing. We can’t wait to see you ride.”

We walk the long way back to Levanter House, along the park and then through some side streets.

A snippet of song reaches my ears. I peer down a side street and see a girl skipping rope. She’s maybe ten or eleven, and she’s singing in a sweet, high voice. I don’t recognize the tune or the words, but I could have sworn I heard a familiar name.

I turn to Wraye. “Did I hear that right? Did that girl say Gunvald?”

Wraye thinks for a moment, and then walks us closer to the girl. “Hello,” she says with a bright smile. “I think you were singing a song that I used to jump rope to when I was your age.

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