The Prince's Consort (Chronicles of Tournai Book 1) by Antonia Aquilante

Author:Antonia Aquilante [Aquilante, Antonia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 9781634763028
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2015-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“I GO away for a little while, and look what you get yourself into.”

“I’m sorry?” Amory looked at Tristan, trying to see what he was thinking.

“No, you’re not.” Tristan’s bright blue eyes were subdued, maybe a little sad, but he smiled at Amory.

“No, I’m not.” He couldn’t be sorry for everything that had changed in his life since he’d last seen Tristan.

They looked at each other for a moment, more awkward than they had ever been in their long friendship. Amory had thought getting caught with Tristan by Alban all those months ago might have ruined their friendship. He wondered if his betrothal to Philip was what would really finish it.

“Come inside.” Amory pushed open the door to his and Philip’s suite, and ushered Tristan through. If he was facing the end of his oldest friendship, he would rather do it in private.

Tristan stopped a few steps inside the door and looked around. “This is where you live? With the prince?”

“Yes.” He walked farther into the room and settled on a chair by the fireplace. “This is home.”

“It’s not what I expected.” Tristan must have seen something in his face, because he continued quickly while walking closer to Amory. “The rest of the palace is so formal and so… much. But this is nice, comfortable. Richer than anything I have ever seen, but it isn’t too much. I can see how you could feel at home here.”

“I do.” He smiled a little, and Tristan sat near him.

“Good. That’s good.”

They fell silent again, and it stretched for long moments. Frustration made Amory want to scream. He didn’t know what to do about it. Maybe if they’d talked sooner, but they hadn’t seen each other since the disastrous day when Alban caught them in the garden. Well, disastrous perhaps for their friendship, not for everything else. If Alban hadn’t caught them, then Amory wouldn’t have met Philip, and he couldn’t imagine his life without Philip in it.

Almost immediately after that day, Tristan’s father had taken Tristan traveling out of the country, and they only just returned. Tristan found out Amory was marrying Philip, but this was the first time they’d seen each other. Amory wasn’t surprised everything was awkward. He only wished it weren’t.

“So you’re really marrying the prince?” Tristan asked suddenly.

“Yes.” He couldn’t help the smile that spread over his face. He never could when he thought of Philip and how Philip wanted to marry him, despite Amory’s worries.

“You love him, don’t you?”

He couldn’t decipher the expression on Tristan’s face, which scared him considering how long he had known Tristan. He wouldn’t lie to him, though. “Yes, very much.”

Tristan nodded. “I thought so. It’s all over your face.”

“Is that—” He stopped, unsure how to ask what he needed to know. “Tris, are you… are you all right with me and Philip?”

“Am I all right with it?” Amusement flashed across Tristan’s face.

“Don’t. I don’t know how to ask what I need to know. But you know what I mean.”

Tristan smiled briefly, not quite his usual grin, but close.

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