Keya's POV: This wasn’t the way I wanted this to go. Certainly not like this... getting caught kissing my brother's best friend. The Gshaana wasn’t even over yet, and somehow, I’d managed to land right in the middle of the kind of drama that could get someone exiled from an entire kingdom. The Queen—Rhys and Rafael’s mother—was still somewhere nearby, likely smiling and sipping wine, unaware that her sons were about to get eviscerated by my overprotective, sauce-stained brother. Ryker’s eyes darted between Rhys and me, his face a storm cloud of anger, confusion, and something worse—betrayal. “If someone doesn’t tell me what exactly this is… I am going to kill someone,” he said, low and sharp, pointing at Rhys like his finger alone could behead a man. “It’s gonna get messy. Really f****

