Chapter 12

After Declan left, Grayson texted his brother. So, are you going to the castle tonight for dinner?

I hadn't planned on it, Xavier answered. Why? Should I?

Grayson laughed. You know me well.

There was a pause, and then Xavier texted back, I take that as a yes.

Thanks, man. See you there. Then Grayson clicked off. Now was as good a time as any to get this over with, and he wanted his brother there when he dropped the bomb on their father.

Grayson hurried to pack his briefcase and then rushed out the door. He went home and showered, shaved, and dressed in proper dinner attire, and then headed to the castle. Both Grayson and Xavier had moved out of the castle officially a few years back, although their father still maintained rooms in the castle for them. Grayson thought that their father was secretly hoping that they'd both move back permanently one day. But that wasn't going to happen. Both he and his brother liked having their own lives away from the castle.

Before long, he turned do