Page 76 of Royally Tempted

Iroared, grinding my teeth so hard I wondered if they’d shatter as I grabbed my head in my hands. Cade screamed out profanities before taking a swing at a wall, almost hitting the stone too, before I jumped forward and stopped him.

We panted, both of our shoulders heaving as we fought for breath.

“We’re going to find her,” Cade hissed. “Wehaveto.”

I nodded. “One thing first.”

I strode down the hallway towards a guard, who’d somehow maintained complete composure despite clearly having witnessed our outburst.

“Excuse me, Lieutenant?”

He nodded stiffly. “Your Highness?”

“There’s a distraught woman in there saying all sorts of bizarre things,” I sighed and shook my head. “I think she may be drunk, or on drugs.”

He frowned. “Sir, that’s not really—”

“Inparticular, some very concerning stuff about the King?”

His eyes darkened, and I fought back the grin.

NowI had his attention.

“Yeah,” I shook my head. “Something about “taking him out?”

The man’s eyes went wide, his hand flying to the radio at his side.

“I’m sure it’s nothing, I just wanted to let you know.”

“Absolutely,” he hissed. “King Lucian appreciates your keen ears, Your Highness.”

He spoke rapidly into his radio, his hand on the gun at his hip as he turned and ran down the hallway.

I turned to see Cade grinning at me.

“You’re a bastard.”

“Fuck her,” I spat. “I’ll do what I have to, and right now—”

“Right now we have to find Ilana,” he finished for me, his face grim.

A flash of green caught my eye, a flurry of green gown and red hair disappearing around a corner down the hallway the guard had just been standing watch over.

Cade caught the same thing, and we both ran after her.

“Princess Imogen!”

She froze, gasping slightly as she whirled towards us in surprise. “Prince Caspian, Prince Cade?” She blinked in surprise. “We meet again.”

“I need to find your sister.”

“Weneed to find your sister,” Cade said quietly.

She frowned before, suddenly, her eyes went wide.

“Oh myGod.”

“It’s not what you think,” I growled.

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