All The Queen's Men: A Reverse Harem Novella (Royal Blood Book 1) by Layla Pierce

Author:Layla Pierce [Pierce, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-07T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

Double Standards

In the morning I find myself waking to Moira hurriedly tossing clothes at me. "We must hurry, m'lady."

I'm still groggy from sleep and rub my eyes. "Hurry for what? I don't have any meetings today."

"The king is bringing in people for you to meet."

"What people?" I feel like my brain still hasn't caught up with the conversation. "Am I missing something?"

She shakes her head. "He's brought suitors for you." If her words were fists, she would have knocked me out with them. "This is all second hand," she continues quickly, "I heard it from Duchess Claudia's maid who overheard the King and Duke Harold talking. King Leo has handpicked men for you to choose from." Moira pauses and clarifies, "For you to have sex with. He means to pick you a," she stops and taps her chin, "Well, I don't know what to call it. What do you call a male version of a mistress?"

I quickly throw on the clothes she's been tossing at me and shake my head. "My husband has suddenly grown a pair, hasn't he?"

"Yes, ma'am," Moira answers as we rush down the hallway to the throne room.

When we exit the bedroom Graham catches my arm. "We need to talk."

"Yes," I exhale and pinch the bridge of my nose. "But first I need to deal with this mess. Our stuff will have to wait."

"It's not about that, it's about what Leo is planning."

"You mean the men he means to pick from that are all waiting to bed a queen?" I roll my eyes. "This farce will not go on for long. I'm putting an end to it." Graham meets my gaze, and I stop in my tracks. "What is it?"

"Something more is at play here. We need more time to figure it out."

My eyes dart from him to Moira and back to Graham. "What do you need me to do?"

He sets his jaw, and I can hear his teeth grind. Whatever he has in mind isn't pleasant. I feel a weight settling in my stomach. "Give us time to investigate. Leo has ulterior motives for picking out a man for you. I need you to go along with it," he pauses, and I can see him shaking to control himself. Anger colors his features. I wish nothing more than to soothe that rage for him, but what he's asking me is near impossible. "Go along with it for now. I will be by your side today. And whoever is picked will never have a moment alone with you, I swear it. One of us will be with you around the clock until we get to the bottom of this."

I look at Moira who is nodding in agreement and swallow down my revelation. "And if I have to sleep with this person?"

Graham shakes his head. "We play the game as far as we have to, but we can find ways to avoid it coming to that. Besides, I did manage to sneak a spy into the group.

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