The Rebel Prince (The Brides Of Bella Lucia #3) by Raye Morgan

Author:Raye Morgan [Morgan, Raye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Royal, Series, Chef, Future King, Princess, Duty, Second Son
ISBN: 9781460366998
Google: P8IEBAAAQBAJ
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Goodreads: 676678
Publisher: Harlequin Romance Classic
Published: 2014-08-06T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

SEBASTIAN was waiting for Emma in the morning as she started down toward the kitchen.

“Good morning, Miss Valentine,” he said, giving her a wink. “Would you please join me for a moment? I have something I need to discuss with you.”

“My, how formal,” she whispered as she let him escort her into a small side room and close the door.

He grinned. “I was planning to say, ‘Psst, in here’, but I thought better of it.”

“So wise for a royal,” she teased, happiness fluttering in her like a butterfly. She’d been so afraid he would act as though he didn’t even know her the next time they met.

“I just wanted to let you know I’m going to be gone for a few days. Will and I are going to Zurich to talk to a specialist.”

“A specialist?”

He nodded. “An authority on poisons. Will isn’t satisfied with the final autopsy report and neither am I. So we’re taking it to Zurich to see what an expert thinks.”

“Can you just remove it like that? Will they let you?”

“Of course not.” He gave her a lopsided grin. “No one wants us to take it and they are doing everything they can to stop us. But Will is busy pilfering the thing as we speak. As soon as he has it, we’ll be off.”

“Oh.”

His eyes were sparkling and she could tell that, as seriously as he took this situation, it was also an adventure to him and he delighted in adventures. The signal from Will came in and he strode off.

She watched him go with her heart in her throat. He’d made no move to kiss her before he’d left. Not that she’d expected him to. But it did underline the fact that yesterday had been special, a day set off by itself, and not a start to anything larger.

But she’d known that. So why did she feel disappointed?

She spent the morning setting up and managing a wide inventory of all the kitchenware available, including pots and pans and small appliances. Chef Henri thought it a silly exercise, but he didn’t do much beyond a sneer or two and readily let her take three of the kitchen staff to help her. Her mind kept straying every time she looked at the clock and thought, Yesterday at this time we were running through the alleyways… or, This was exactly the time when Tina Marie opened her door and cried out when she saw Sebastian.

She shook herself. She had to stop thinking like that.

“No more royalty for you!” she muttered to herself sternly as she marched off to her room for her lunch break. She was planning to delve into one of the large histories of Meridia that were sitting by her bedside.

Just before she turned the last corner, she thought she heard a child’s voice, and that seemed strange. She’d noticed there didn’t seem to be any children in the castle. Curious, she followed the sound around a corner and there, coming toward her on fat little unsteady bowed legs, was a toddler.

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