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in our dreams, I had let Alston go. When he felt me slipping away
from him, he tried to hold onto me more—to keep what we had
alive—but I couldn’t stay. His eyes used to look at me with
longing, but now all I saw when he looked at me was hunger. He
thought he could make me come back to him by making me jealous, by
parading other women in front of me, but all it did was push me
further away. I kept waiting on him to give up on me, but he never
did, and I’m starting to think he never will.
    Standing before me, Alston rubbed his chin
maliciously. “Hmm … none of my concern? See, that’s the thing, my
lovely Princess, starting today I’m going to be part of your
protection detail. Therefore, I think it pertinent that I know
everything that’s going on. We wouldn’t want anything happening to
you, now would we?”
    My heart plummeted to the floor, and I
clenched my fists in annoyance. I jerked my head over to look at
Oren, but he was just as clueless as I was. He shrugged his
shoulders, continuing to stare daggers at Alston. “What do you mean
you’re part of my protection? I don’t remember telling anyone I
wanted you to be a part of it. In fact, I specifically said I
didn’t want you a part of it,” I snapped.
    His slow growing smile looked triumphant.
“Yes, I know, but since Sarette is my cousin and I look out for
her, I put in a request to be able to protect her when she’s with
you. She was with me when I asked for it, and completely agrees
with me.” Gritting my teeth, I stiffened at the thought of my
friend betraying me. I was going to kill Sarette for it, too … or
at least kick her ass, whichever one came first. Alston continued,
“You have a target on your head, as I’m sure you know, and I’m not
going to let my cousin get caught in the crossfire without my
protection. Wherever she goes with you, I go.” Alston reached up to
touch my face, but I smacked it away as hard as I could, making my
hand sting with the contact.
    He laughed. “I look forward to spending more
time with you.”
    Oren advanced quickly, but Alston backed up
and held his hands up in surrender. “No harm, just a love tap. She
knows I like them,” he taunted, winking at my guardian before
smiling at me. Oren’s anger was palpable through our bond, but I
know he knew very well that I could take care of myself when it
came to an old lover.
    “The next one won’t be just a tap, Alston.
I’m sure you remember how you weren’t smiling after the last time,”
I snapped back at him. His smile disappeared, and thankfully, he
squelched his next comment and left the training room before things
escalated further.
    A couple of months ago, he tried one of his
many attempts at getting me back. However, all it did was infuriate
me, and I ended up giving him two black eyes and a broken nose.
Granted, he healed quickly after that, but at least I was able to
show him he couldn’t dominate me. I know what made it worse was
that we were in front of other warriors when I did it; they never
let him live it down.
    “Is he going to be a problem, ai
dulin ?” Oren asked.
    Aggravated, I sighed. “When is he not a
problem?”
    I began walking hastily to the door,
determination in each step as I made my way out of the palace. I
had someone to talk to and it wasn’t going to be pretty. My best
friend was going to pay for what she did to me.
    “I don’t like where your thoughts are at. I
sense anger, and when you get angry, people get hurt. Where are we
going?” Oren demanded, keeping his pace alongside me.
    “I have someone I need to talk to, and that
someone is going to give me answers, right now!” I exclaimed.
    Oren’s chuckle could be heard loudly inside
my head. “Let me guess … Sarette.”
    Glaring at Oren, I knew my eyes were ablaze
with fire. “You’re damn right.”
     

     
    Sarette had a lot of explaining to do, and
she had better come up with a good reason for doing what she had
done. Instead of taking horses,