Mischievous Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

Author:Michelle M. Pillow [Pillow®, Michelle M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Raven Books LLC

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Finn stared down the long palace hall, wanting nothing more than to go to the village and find Sadie. He worried about her, about what Eve was telling her about him, about her being in the village around unmated men. What if she found her true mate? What if she left him? The pain he felt at that idea was real.

Finn knew he had a reputation for not taking things seriously because he often tried to lighten the mood with jokes and laughter. No more. He was married now. He needed to realize his potential. For himself. For his people. For Sadie. She deserved a husband she could be proud of.

With his goal in mind, he turned his attention to the council chamber door and waited.

“You’re early,” his brother Kyran acknowledged, not bothering to hide the surprise in his blue gaze. His black hair was pulled back from his face. “I thought I would have to drag you to this meeting.”

“Of course I came,” Finn answered. “It’s my duty to be here.”

Kyran gave him a perplexed look before carefully answering, “Care to tell me what happened before we go in there? Are there any truths to the rumors?”

“My wife is not diseased,” Finn stated. He balled his fists in warning, ready to take on anyone who tried to claim such a thing.

“I know that.” Kyran lifted is hands as if to tell his brother to take it easy. His voice lowered to a hush. “That much goes without saying. What I meant is there anything to the rumors about Ivar?”

“What are people saying?”

“Many things.” Kyran didn’t try to lighten the gossipmongers’ words, as he said, “That you lured Ivar through the portal and then killed him on the other side. You both took an unsanctioned trip and tried to abduct a village of graveyard bound woman in a desperate move to distract the elders. That the two of you went through, met with trouble, and you abandoned him like a coward. That you defied the will of the gods. That you stumbled out into the prairie broken and bloody, and chased a screaming human woman. That Ivar did not come back at all. You did it because of a woman. You did it because you are jealous of Ivar. You did it because—”

“Enough,” Finn stopped him. “How are such things being said so quickly? There were only a handful of men who saw me come back from the trip. Only a few of them could know about Sadie running and screaming when she first arrived. Ivar had just thrown her through the portal without warning. Can we blame her for being a little shaken?”

“Then one of the guards on duty that night is the one spreading the rumors. Who all were there?”

“Gudmund, Cleve, Albin, Cedar, Gale, Jaron…” Finn motioned weakly. “Then whoever rode out with our parents and Lord Montague, but all of them came later after the marriage tent. Cedar and Gale don’t speak the Earth language, so they probably heard nothing worth repeating.

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