Reign: A Royal Military Romance by Roxie Noir

Author:Roxie Noir [Noir, Roxie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-06-21T21:00:00+00:00

16

Miles

Miles thought he could have stayed there forever, curled around the love of his life, feeling her warmth against his, watching her sleep, but after a long time he got up, moved her around in the bed, and pulled the blankets over her.

Then he kissed her softly on the forehead and collected his things, pulling them back on even though they were wet. He looked at her one more time, sleeping peacefully in the big four-poster bed, and then reached for the door.

The two guards were still outside, leaning against the wall. One of them, some kid with dirty blond hair and brown eyes, smirked at him.

“Having a good afternoon?” he asked.

The other one sniggered.

“Sounded good,” he said.

Miles gave both of the boys a long look, totally silent until they were uncomfortable. They were barely more than cubs: he could take both of them out if they didn’t have backup, he knew, but he wasn’t about to let them ruin his good day.

He turned and walked to the main room without answering them. For the first time since the meeting in the chapel, he felt like he had a reason to be hopeful about the future. Roy had said it himself: he was going to let Delilah go as soon as William was either better or dead.

Then, maybe, just maybe, he could talk to Delilah about staying in Fjords.

They could even move a little ways out of town somewhere, into the beautiful Alaska countryside, have their own little homestead with a couple of cubs...

He shook his head. His thoughts were running away from him, again, and he just needed to focus on the present.

In the kitchen, William was looking bad but wasn’t dead yet, at least, his back an angry red, close to purple. At least he was asleep, an empty medicine bottle next to him and an IV in his arm.

Miles closed the door gently and went outside, wanting some fresh air. It had stopped raining, so he wandered around the perimeter of the lodge, watching the weird building styles merge into one another.

He turned a corner and Nathan was right there. They hadn’t really spoken since the branding incident, and Nathan looked surprised to see him.

Then he looked guilty.

“Nathan,” Miles said, simply as a greeting.

“Hey,” Nathan said, looking away.

In a good mood, Miles was feeling magnanimous, like he ought to make things right with his only sibling.

“I’m sorry about the other day,” he said, glancing around a little to make sure that none of Nathan’s other friends were there — they wouldn’t like hearing that Nathan’s own brother had tried to fight him, and there were considerably more of them than there were of Miles.

Nathan shrugged and looked down at the ground.

“It’s cool,” he muttered.

Miles flexed his jaw. There was no one on the planet, he thought, who could push his buttons like his brother. All he had to say was it’s cool?

“Well, glad we’re over that,” he said, taking a step backward. “Have a good day, then.”

“Wait,” Nathan said.

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