Loving the Knight: Book 2: Eryndal & Andrew (The Hansen Series: Rydar & Grier and Eryndal & Andrew) by Tualla Kris

Author:Tualla, Kris [Tualla, Kris]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2011-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

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A duel of silence was being waged.

King David stared at Drew. Drew stared back. He would not speak next even if he sat in the Tower all night.

After he arrived and pleasantries had been exchanged, King David conceded that he might have been a bit hasty in his previous edict. Perhaps not everyone needed hanging.

“No, sire. They do no’ and I’m glad to hear ye say so,” Drew responded.

“Only the ones claiming a title they have no legal right to,” he continued.

Like Eryn. Shite.

“Will ye have me hang women as well?” Drew asked, hoping the shock of that idea might soften His Majesty’s opinion.

“Have women claimed titles?” he countered.

Drew shrugged. “Possibly.”

David paced around the room, hands clasped behind his back. “Have they claimed land?”

Aye—and sold it. “My lord, your subjects of all stations and both genders have done what they needed to do.”

He stopped pacing. “And what will happen if I order these men—and women—hanged?”

Drew pulled a steadying breath. “Ye’ll want to get well accustomed to this apartment, Sire. Because none in Scotland will raise your ransom.”

“How dare you?” David bellowed. His face was red as blood, but Drew no longer feared apoplexy; he’d seen that reaction often enough now to not be worried by it.

“Ye sent me all over the country and ye asked me to tell ye what I found. Would ye have me lie?” Drew barked.

And then settled the deathlike stillness and soundless clashing of wills. Knight versus king. Reason versus ego. Servant versus master.

Well, not for long.

“And what if I order it anyway?” David growled softly.

Drew stood. His heart bashed about in his chest as he unsheathed his sword and laid it on the table.

David’s bushy gray brows lowered. His eyes dilated with a maniacal anger. “What in hell do ye think ye are doing?” he cried.

Drew dropped to one knee and faced the floor. “If a knight and courtier cannot follow his king’s orders, he can no longer hold that position.”

“Get up. NOW!” David shouted.

Drew stood slowly.

David pointed to the door, his hand shaking. “Take your sword and leave me be.”

Without a word, Drew reached for the jeweled hilt, which silently mocked him in the candlelight. He wasn’t certain of his status at that moment, but he obeyed.

As he left the chamber, David snarled after him, “Do no’ leave London, Drummond. I’m not done with ye yet.”

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