ONE-HUNDRED-FORTY-ONE

H POV

Just after I move my hand to her throat, I see a couple of the guards take a few steps closer to us, so I pull her tighter to me so I can whisper into her ear

"Tell them all to back off and allow us to pass or I will not honour our deal and I will throw you and kill him."

"Stand down and allow us to leave!" she says quietly

I knew Mike had to be here somewhere; he like me, had become Phoenix and Scarlett's personal guards, so where ever they went we went too. He takes a couple more steps forward as he says,

"But your highness we can't allow him to leave with you..."

"You can and you must... Now please stand down!"

Scarlett surprises me that she answered him without me telling her to. I watch as Mike nods to Scarlett and then to the other guards standing near us. They all step back. I lean my lips onto her shoulder and smile as I whisper,

"Good girl, time to go!"

I then move us slowly over to the edge of the woods, stop and move the arm I have around her waist, reach around to my