Page 25 of The Promised Prince
“It’s never too late to go after a pretty woman.” Trev’s eyebrow raised up.
Drake closed his eyes and pressed his fingertips together in front of him as if praying for patience. “When the king expects you home tomorrow to meet the woman you’re engaged to, then yes, itistoo late. Nothing can happen with this girl.Nothing.”
“Relax,” Trev said with an easy smile.
“I’m not going torelax. You areengaged.” Drake shook his head as he rubbed the stubble on his chin, clearly frustrated.
“She’s the princess of New Hope.”
Drake snapped his head up. “Who?”
“Renna.” His voice deepened.
“Who’s Renna?”
“The girl I met at the pond. She’s the princess of New Hope.”
Drake’s eyebrows shot up. “I thought the princess was named Seran.”
It hadn’t occurred to Trev that she had changed her name, but Drake was right. The princess of New Hopewasnamed Seran. She must have changed her name so he wouldn’t know who she was.
That’s why she didn’t want to tell him her name when they first met.
It all made sense now.
It wasn’t like Trev went around calling himself Ezra.
“How did you find out?” Drake asked.
“She told me.”
“She told you?” Drake repeated. “Does she know who you are?”
“Not yet.” Trev looked forward to her reaction when she found out.
“Why haven’t you told her?”
“It didn’t come up.”
“It didn’t come up?” Drake asked with exasperation.
“Why do you keep repeating everything I say?”
“Because I can’t believe what I’m hearing.” Drake was speechless for a moment, then let out a harsh breath. “I feel like the fact that she is the princess of New Hope, and you are the prince of Albion—who she is about to marry—is an important piece of information that you should have mentioned.”
“What’s she going to do? Go find another prince to marry?”
“You never know. If she doesn’t like you, maybe she’ll call off the marriage treaty. Albion needs the alliance to work more than New Hope does.”
“Why wouldn’t she like me?” Trev feigned offense. “I’m a catch!”
“Do you like her?” Drake asked.
For years now, the best he had hoped for out of the New Hope princess was someone he could tolerate, maybe even respect. But Renna was more than that. She was unexpected, and so were his rapidly developing feelings.
Trev shrugged. “We get along.”
Drake’s jaw dropped a little. “I’ve never seen you like this.”
