Thirty-nine:
Prince Adrianus
There had been very few times in my life where I’d worried for my safety. When you were one of the most powerful people in the room, you didn’t have to worry about that. However, the minute I heard Prince Declan’s voice I wondered if there was a chance that I might be a dead man. “Adrianus,” Prince Declan hissed, “there had better be an explanation. I sent her there to be safe. Not to be engaged.”
“Lord Bram is here,” I explained, “Bram is here, and he has made it clear to her family that he would like to marry her. She mentioned that he had tried to rape her. The only way that I could help save her. Duchess Issa looked like she was going to platz because Bram was going to propose. Fiona looked like a deer under the hunters gaze th
