Road To Fire: A Royal Romance (Broken Crown Trilogy Book 1) by Maria Luis

Author:Maria Luis [Luis, Maria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alkmini Books, LLC
Published: 2020-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

24

Saxon

“Did you fuck her?”

I haven’t even closed the door to my security room before Guy’s words sink into me like a knife twisting in my gut.

Slamming my eyes shut, I seek patience, the ever-present calm—and sense nothing but simmering irritation. If I’d known coming up here would entail an interrogation about where I’ve stuck my cock in the last twenty-four hours, I would have stayed away.

Behind me, I flick the latch shut, locking us inside the room, and Isla and her siblings out. “No.”

Seated on a plush rolling chair, legs spread wide with his hands linked casually over his stomach, my older brother assesses me with a hard onceover. “Then why did you have your hand on her tits?”

I pause.

Slowly tilt my head from side to side, cracking the crick in my neck, because it’s either play this cool or fly off the handle and add another tally to my already astronomical death count for the day.

What’s one more—really?

I take the seat opposite his. “How long were you standing there?”

“Long enough.”

I don’t indulge him with a response.

His knuckles whiten as his hands move to the armrests of his chair. “Since we came back from France, you’re the only one I’ve been able to rely on within Holyrood. Damien’s a genius but a complete hothead. Hamish and Jude are loyal but uncreative. Clarke sits with the queen and plays babysitter all day. And don’t even get me started on fucking Paul, of all people. But you, brother—you always know what has to be done, and you make it happen, no matter the cost.”

“I play by your rules, you mean.”

“You don’t fuck up!” Guy springs from his chair, hands locking behind his head as he sidesteps the elaborate desk setup and paces the room. “You’re ruthless. Smart.”

I’m broken.

Isn’t that what I told Isla just this afternoon? I recognized the traits in her because I see them in myself whenever I look in a mirror. I won’t cover up the damn thing, as if I can’t bear the sight of my own reflection. That’s never been who I am. I accept my faults. Sometimes I even relish them. But I’ve never shied away from what I’ve become, shadows and all.

“What happened today was—”

“A shitshow,” Guy finishes, clipping out the words, “today was a bloody shitshow. And while everyone at the Palace was trying to figure out how the hell to pull you out of this mess, you were off shagging the enemy, the one person you shouldn’t be—”

The rest of his sentence catches on my fist connecting with his jawbone.

Crack!

His head jolts to the side, his whole frame following in startled shock. Body limp, he falls onto my abandoned chair. But the wheels slide, then teeter off-balance from the sudden onslaught of his bulky weight, and—

He crashes to the floor.

The chair atop him.

His rage swirling and thickening the air around us.

I’ve never punched him, not ever.

And, as his younger brother, Guy has never laid a hand on me, not once.

Gripping the chair leg, he throws the whole thing to the side, where it slams against the wall.

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