The Secret Princess (2013)
““So, you knew?”
John stood. “Gisela didn’t realize the truth until after you’d left. We were going to tell you when next we saw you, but you have not been to Castlehead between then and now, and it wasn’t the sort of message I wanted to entrust to a messenger.”
“Why ever not? I should have liked to have known as soon as possible.” Luke felt his anger rising. His brother had known? How much heartache—how many kisses—might Luke have been spared if only he’d known sooner? Evelyn wasn’t the... only one who’d kept the truth from him. John and Gisela had stayed silent far too long, as well.
“We did not realize you’d be away so long. And besides—” John cast his wife a sly smile, and Luke recalled that Gisela spoke nearly fluent Illyrian, as well, having once been engaged to Warrick “—we wanted to gauge your reaction for ourselves.”
Luke took a step back from his brother but kept his eyes trained on him.MoreLess
John stood. “Gisela didn’t realize the truth until after you’d left. We were going to tell you when next we saw you, but you have not been to Castlehead between then and now, and it wasn’t the sort of message I wanted to entrust to a messenger.”
“Why ever not? I should have liked to have known as soon as possible.” Luke felt his anger rising. His brother had known? How much heartache—how many kisses—might Luke have been spared if only he’d known sooner? Evelyn wasn’t the... only one who’d kept the truth from him. John and Gisela had stayed silent far too long, as well.
“We did not realize you’d be away so long. And besides—” John cast his wife a sly smile, and Luke recalled that Gisela spoke nearly fluent Illyrian, as well, having once been engaged to Warrick “—we wanted to gauge your reaction for ourselves.”
Luke took a step back from his brother but kept his eyes trained on him.MoreLess
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