The Prize
“"I don't see how.""Tell me what happened the day we were attacked.""I interfered.""I know you interfered. I want to know why.""I shouldn't tell you," she whispered. "But I want to tell you. I don't know what to do. You're going to be furious with Thurston. Please don't hate my brother. He didn't realize he was trying to kill you. I mean to say, he probably meant to fell you, but he couldn't have known you were my husband.""Nicholaa, will you try to make sense?" he ordered. "Thurston is still alive? Is that what you're telling me?""Oh, God, how did you guess?""Your brother's in league with the resistors against William."His cunning amazed her. "How did you guess that?" she asked him.He didn't remind her that she'd just told him. "And Thurston is Ulric's father, isn't that right?""Yes," she cried out. "But you won't remember whom the baby belongs to in the morning, Royce. Promise me."He was suddenly furious with her. "Do you actually believe I'd hurt the baby just because his father is ...my enemy?"She snuggled up against his shoulder.MoreLess
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