Chapter 34

“The king on the sea was stung by the bee. He stole her sunlight and honey. She took back her prize, and returned to her hive, as the magic man sang while the king takes a dive.”

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Eswen Castle

King Hayden stormed through the castle, cursing his luck. His idiot son had been gone for months and now his spies are saying he’s married. Even worse, he married that little whore, Abigail. How dare he disobey me!

Hayden had known Abigail would be a problem. She always had been. She’d been the one to encourage Grayson all through their childhood, pushing him to learn new things and become his own person. He had been right to separate them and stop their letters.

They had kept writing each other, too, for years. They’d tell each other stupid little things – how much they missed each other, how sad they were without each other. I learned they had kissed from the earliest letters – little whore – and they had started to discuss marriage.

Too bad for them, plans changed. Grayson was n