Reign or Shine (Rosavia Royals Book 2) by HJ Welch

Author:HJ Welch [Welch, HJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Cas

It took a good minute or so for Cas to realize that the pounding on the door was not in fact a dream, but very much happening in reality. He’d been so dead asleep, it took another few moments for him to get his eyes open and blink up at the ceiling in the morning light.

Matty wasn’t in his bed.

Cas’s stomach lurched and he was immediately awake then, worrying if that was Matty banging on the door. But he’d left a note on his pillow. ‘Gone for a walk! I’ll bring back breakfast.’ He’d also drawn a little heart which made Cas’s actual heart leap with joy.

Okay, so Matty should be okay and back soon. So who the hell was banging on his door at seven o’clock in the morning?

There was only one person who (should) know he was here, and if she was trying to kick the door down, that meant they had a serious problem.

“I’m coming!” he called out, quickly pulling on some sweatpants and a T-shirt. He didn’t want to face any trouble in his bathrobe. He then dashed to the door, already dreading what kind of hijinks his brothers were up to now. Some of the papers were catching wind of Leo and his librarian, Wren and his valet, and whatever was going on between Jules and Dante. It had been a pretty shambolic week leading up to the royal ball for his family. Maybe Ben had accidentally-on-purpose gotten himself photographed naked on a beach again?

But when he unbolted the locks and finally wrenched open the door, Valentina was standing on the other side, her fist raised, mid-pound.

She looked frazzled. Valentina was never frazzled.

For the second time in so many minutes, Cas’s stomach dropped. “Oh, god,” he moaned, stepping aside to let her inside. “Who’s done what now?”

But she didn’t move. She just stood there with her red hair sticking out at odd angles and her eyes wide and frantic behind her black rimmed glasses. He realized she had a rolled-up newspaper gripped tightly in the hand that hadn’t been banging on the door.

“Why didn’t you answer your phone?” she shrieked, making Cas flinch. He honestly couldn’t remember the last time she’d shouted at him. His apprehension was quickly turning to dread. Whatever was going on was bad.

“I-I was asleep, and it’s on silent. It’s the crack of dawn. Roth – Valentina – what’s wrong?”

She finally marched into the apartment, and Cas mutely closed the door behind her. Then she spun around and shook the paper out in front of him. There were tears in her eyes. “I’m so sorry, Your Highness,” she whispered in distress. “I don’t know how this could have happened. This is all my fault. If you want my resignation, I’ll understand.”

Cas was too distracted by this completely alien display of emotion from his most trusted friend and confidant that he didn’t even look at the front page initially. “Your what?” he spluttered. “Outrageous. No, never! Valentina, what would make you think…?”

He trailed off as his gaze dropped to look at the Daily Chronicle.

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