Royal Pawn (Jacky Leon Book 6) by K.N. Banet

Author:K.N. Banet [Banet, K.N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

20

Chapter Twenty

“Jacky,” Heath said, coming closer to me as I turned away from the door.

I didn’t reply immediately, thinking about what I had heard. Cassius was going to talk to Fiona and Rian, a good thing. He seemed anxious but game for the situation. He had a family he hadn’t known about, thanks to Brion, and they were in danger.

I’m glad he’s taking it so well. Hopefully, Rian doesn’t go and piss him off. We need him and his wife.

“Jacky?” Heath touched my shoulder and pulled me from those thoughts.

“Sorry. It’s been an…exciting day,” I said, sighing heavily. “Cassius and Sorcha are going to help us get back to my territory tomorrow. We’re having dinner with them. They’re…not bad,” I said, frowning as I went to a table near the window to have a seat. “Definitely not what I expected.”

“How did they take it?”

“Better than expected,” I said before telling him how the entire meal had gone. Once I was done, I saw that he had no tray in the room. “Did you eat anything?”

“I’ll eat at dinner, but everything smells too much like magic, and I couldn’t bring myself to eat fae food alone,” he said, sitting across from me. “So, I respectfully declined the meal. I’ll be fine.”

“We’re moon cursed. We shouldn’t skip meals,” I pointed out.

“I can miss one…plus, I was too worried about you to even think eating would be a good idea.” He wrapped his arms around my shoulders from behind and looked out the same window. “Beautiful grounds. Do you think they’ll let me take you on a romantic walk in them?”

I chuckled at his change in topic. “Why?”

“I think about it every time I look out there. How it would be nice to light candles at a small table and feed you under the moonlight,” he whispered, leaning down to kiss the top of my head. “I never get to treat you like you’re mine in public. We don’t get to have dates, so if Cassius is going to keep us safe while we’re here, why wouldn’t I try to take advantage of that?”

“I like the idea,” I admitted softly, then thought of why we could never do something like that at home. The whole chain of thought led me to how Brion was blackmailing us. “He won’t be the only one,” I mumbled, narrowing my eyes on the pretty grounds.

“What?” Heath’s frown came through in his voice, and he released me, moving to sit down where we could look each other in the eye. “What are you thinking about?”

“Brion won’t be the only person who tries to blackmail us,” I repeated, adding the context he needed. “We need to figure out…what’s next. We need to figure out how we’re going to respond if this gets out before we can manage it or how we want to reveal it.”

Heath’s blue-grey eyes darkened. “Is there a specific way you want to do that?” he asked very softly. “Because there’s only one way we get out of this without getting hurt by those who would try.

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