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“And I know you care about Tamsyn. I also know she wasn’t chosen for you.” He isn’t supposed to be telling me this, so why is he?
“Your point?”
“You know how you can be with her, Rylan. You can’t tell her that, though,” he reminds me.
“You think I don’t fucking know that?” I growl at him.
“I know you do, but I needed to make it clear before I say what I’m about to say.” Fuck. Whatever he’s about to say isn’t going to be good. I can feel it deep inside of me.
“Just say it, Dad.”
“Brady came to me. He came to the leaders as well after Tamsyn’s father died. He wanted a new queen,” he says.
“Yeah, her mom.” He shakes his head.
“No, he wanted Tamsyn.” The roar that leaves my mouth shakes the room like thunder. I stand and grab the chair, hurling it at the wall and watching as it shatters into a million pieces before my dad is around the chair and placing his hand on my shoulder.
“Get off me!”
“I need you to focus, Rylan!” A few calming breaths later, I nod my head. “We refused him because she was too young. There was no way we were going to let that happen. He seemed okay with taking her mom as his queen.”
“He wasn’t happy about it, though. Now he’s taking it out on Syn.”
“We don’t know that for sure, but if what I suspect is true, then that’s why she is the way she is right now.” My hands curl into fists as I think about him touching her. I close my eyes and try to smother the emotions currently ripping me apart inside. My hand keeps his hand on my shoulder so tightly that I don’t move as he gives me a second to process all this.
“Why didn’t you say anything before?”
“We have rules, Rylan. You can’t go after him.” Now, I throw his hand off my shoulder and spin to face him. Is he fucking kidding me right now? I can’t go after him?
“You’re fucking crazy if you think for one goddamn minute that I’m not going to kill him for touching her!” I scream in his face.
“You can’t, Rylan.” Taking slow breathes through my nose, he’s right. It would be my death if it did, and then who will take care of her? “Promise me you won’t touch him.”
“I make no promises where Syn is concerned.”
“Rylan, I will not condemn my son to death!” he roars this time.
“Don’t worry. When the time comes, I’ll sign my death warrant.” I start to leave the room when someone knocks. My dad calls out for them to come in when I see the doctor.
“She’s in shock. Whatever happened to her tonight has really done a number on her. She has bruises on her ribs, but none are broken.” Her eyes move to mine before moving back to my dad. “She’s had intercourse at some point today, too.”
“Consensual?” my dad asks her.
“It doesn’t look that way. I did take a sample if you’d like me to run it,” she says.
“Run it,” I growl at her. Dad moves to stand next to me once again and agrees with me. “Yes, run it. And keep this between us. Run the Kings' DNA for a match.” She nods her head as I blow out a breath and watch her turn to leave.
“If it was him, we will handle him according to the rules, Rylan.”
“If it’s him, he’s my kill.”
“You’re not who she was promised to. It’ll be his kill.” Now I laugh. It’s a sick, dark, twisted laugh as I turn to look at him.
“We don’t know that she wouldn’t do what needed to be done to be with me. It’s my kill.” Dad is exasperated with me. I can see the look in his eyes, but that doesn’t matter. Not to me. Not anymore.
“I’ll discuss it with the others. I’ll use the two of you as being friends since you were kids. I’ll see what I can do, Rylan, but I make no promises.” I nod my head and leave the room because it doesn’t matter to me if he gets permission. That kill is mine. If Brady put his cock in my girl, I will make him regret every fucking second of it.
I walk down the hall and back to my room, stepping inside and closing the door behind me. Her eyes are closed as I make my way to the bed. I strip out of my clothes, and when I’m naked, I climb under the blankets next to her. I scoot as close as I can until my warmth wraps around her. She tenses at first until I put my arm around her waist. Her arm moves, her hand coming to rest on mine, and I know that she knows I’m here now.
