Broken Prince: A Novel (The Royals Book 2) by Erin Watt

Author:Erin Watt [Watt, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Timeout LLC
Published: 2016-07-24T21:00:00+00:00

20

The phone rings at midnight. I’m not asleep. When I close my eyes, all I can see is Gideon and Dinah’s heads and his hands on her ass. It’s too close to how I picture Brooke and Reed, and I wonder if that’s where Reed got his stupid idea in the first place.

I stretch my arm out and grab the phone off the nightstand. The display shows Val’s pursed lips blowing me a kiss.

“Hey, girl, what’s up?” I whisper into the phone.

Silence greets me.

I sit up. “Val?”

After a shuddering breath and a half sob, I hear, “Ella, it’s me. Val.”

“I know. I saw your name on my phone. What’s wrong? Where are you?” I’m out of bed and pulling on my leggings as I wait for her response.

“South Industrial Boulevard outside some warehouse. There’s a rave.”

“What happened? Do you need a ride?”

“Yeah. I’m sorry to call you.” She sounds miserable. “I caught a ride out here because I heard Tam was in town, but I couldn’t find him, my ride took off, and it’s a bad scene.”

I sigh but offer no judgment. After all, wasn’t I kissing Reed just a few nights ago? I’m so ashamed of it that I haven’t even been able to confess this to my best friend.

“I’ll be there as soon as I can,” I promise.

She starts to say something and then stops.

“What?” I ask, grabbing my keys off the dresser.

“It’s just…this is a rough place. You might want to bring someone with you.”

Does she mean Reed? Yeah, right. I’d cut off my leg before asking him for help. “I’ll check if Easton is home.”

“Good. I’ll wait for you here.”

I find my shoes, throw open my door, and grind to a halt when I see Reed slumped against the wall. The door strikes the wall before I can catch it and the sharp sound jerks him out of sleep.

Hooded eyes take in my clothes, bag, and keys. “Where’re we going?” he drawls, instantly alert.

“I’m going to get something to eat.” As lies go, that one sucks, but I’m sticking with it. “Easton around?” I ask casually. “Maybe he’s hungry.”

Reed pushes to his feet. “He might be. You’ll have to call him, though, because last I heard he was going out for drinks with Wade and the guys.”

Damn. “Why aren’t you there? And why are you lurking outside my room like a creeper?”

He shoots me a look of disbelief. “Isn’t it obvious?”

I shut my mouth, because it is obvious but, more importantly, I’m afraid if I open my mouth again, a whole slew of questions will fall out. Like how long has he been doing this, and it is because he’s afraid I’m going to run away or because he just wants to be as close as possible to me? I’m even more afraid of the answers.

And I have Val to pick up, so I turn and head downstairs. Wordlessly, Reed follows me.

He’s my silent shadow across the grand foyer and its giant chandelier, past the dining

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