A Wolfe Among Dragons by Kathryn Le Veque

Author:Kathryn Le Veque [Veque, Kathryn Le]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Medieval
Published: 2018-06-07T07:00:00+00:00

PART FOUR

THE UNWANTED

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

I WILL MARRY Asmara.

Those words were still ringing around in Morys’ head. It was still morning and he’d awoken not long before and, having eaten a leisurely meal, he’d been interrupted from disrobing the serving woman who’d brought his meal to him by Blayth, who seemed most eager to speak with him about something.

Frustrated, he’d sent the serving woman away only to have Blayth tell him, almost immediately, that he was planning on marrying Asmara.

Any good mood Morys had felt that morning crashed into a nasty heap.

In truth, he wasn’t surprised to hear Blayth’s declaration. Some part of him was waiting for it, no matter how hard he’d tried to separate Blayth from his niece. There were things a woman could do to a man to make him forget everyone and everything else, including things that were the most important to him. The best laid plans had often been destroyed by a woman, and now Blayth had fallen into the feminine trap.

Stupid, stupid man.

But Morys had a plan. He always had a plan, and sometimes those plans involved ugly truths and half-lies, anything to convince Blayth that marrying Asmara was not in his best interest. The man was struck dumb by a lovely woman with long legs, and she’d more than likely already spread those legs for him, but Morys wasn’t going to let all of his hard work be ruined by his treacherous niece.

Perhaps his brother put her up to it, perhaps not. That didn’t much matter now. What mattered was that, in the end, Morys was going to win, no matter what the price.

It was time to lower the hammer.

“Well?” Blayth said. “Did you hear me?”

Morys nodded faintly. “I hear you.”

“And you have nothing to say about it?”

Morys lifted his eyebrows. “I have a good deal to say about it,” he said. “You simply caught me off guard, ’tis all. I have a great many things to say about this.”

Blayth held up a finger. “I will tell you this now before you say a word,” he said. “Asmara will be my wife and, as such, you will respect her. No more brutal comments about her or her father in my presence. I will not stand for you belittling or insulting her. Is this in any way unclear?”

Morys had little patience for Blayth trying to lecture him. “I told you before that you will not dictate my behavior when it comes to my brother,” he said. “Just as I would not tell you how to behave with yours, if you had one.”

That wasn’t the answer Blayth wanted. “Insult her and you shall have to answer to me,” he said. “I will not be discreet about my reaction.”

Morys didn’t say anything. He simply looked away, plotting what he was going to say next. He knew that it had to be powerful, powerful enough to get Blayth’s attention, because if he wanted to keep the man at his side, it would have to be with more power than what Asmara ferch Cader possessed.

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