Royal Arrangement #2 by Renna Peak & Ember Casey

Author:Renna Peak & Ember Casey [Peak, Renna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Casey Peak Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-06-05T03:00:00+00:00

William

I thought I could let it go for now. I thought I could take it slow, win her trust, and let her tell me in her own time. In the short time I’ve known Justine, I’ve learned she’s as stubborn a woman as I’ve ever met—and that she’ll do anything to keep up the walls she’s built around herself. Women like that don’t respond well to people trying to force them to do anything.

But I’ve had enough of waiting. I’m no longer willing to stay in the dark about something that obviously concerns me.

“What happens in ninety-six days?” I demand again when she doesn’t answer right away. “Everyone in this blasted palace seems to know except me.”

In the dim light coming in through a nearby window, I see something glint in her eyes. Her face is still caked with soot, though it’s smudged in places where my hands or lips were.

“Tell me, Justine.”

Her lips fall open. “I can’t.”

“Tell me.”

“It’s not that simple. You wouldn’t understand—”

“Try me.”

She clamps her mouth shut. Her eyes have taken on a fierce glow—her stubbornness is coming out.

“We might be married, but that doesn’t mean I have to tell you everything,” she says. “You lost that privilege when you decided we’d marry without telling me.”

“I thought we were past that—”

“We’ll never be past that. No matter what happens, I’ll never forget that.” She slips under my arm and tries to get away.

I reach after her. “Justine—”

“Your Highness! Princess!” A woman has come around the corner, and at the sight of us, she comes rushing forward. “Samuel told us you two were out in the storm. You’re to report to the physicians at once.”

“We’re fine,” I say. “Actually, we were just heading back to our suite to wash up.”

“Actually, I think we should go to see the physician,” Justine says. “Just in case.”

I know she’s just trying to avoid continuing our conversation, but honestly, her voice is still worryingly scratchy—and I have to admit, now that I’ve stopped to think, my throat is sore. We really should have the physician look at us.

“This way,” the woman says, beckoning me. Justine has already started down the corridor.

I catch up to her in a few strides. Lowering my voice so that the attendant doesn’t hear me, I say, “This isn’t over, Princess. You will tell me what you’re hiding from me.”

“I’ll tell you exactly what I want to tell you, and not a word more.”

The attendant catches up to us, so I let the conversation drop. But I’m not about to let her play me for a fool. I’m doing everything in my power to build some bridges between us, and she keeps tearing them down again.

After we see the physician, I don’t intend to let her evade my questions again.

But when we get to the medical quarters, everything is chaos. Justine is quickly ushered in one direction, and I in the other.

“What are you doing?” I demand. “My wife—”

“Needs immediate medical treatment,” says the woman leading me. “As do you.

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