RyanMila shifted on the seat, her soft brows pulling together in confusion. She looked down at my hand, which was still clenched into a tight fist resting on my knee. Very gently, she reached out and pried my fingers apart, lacing her smaller, softer hand with mine."Your brother?" She asked quietly, studying my face. "But... you two looked like you were about to kill each other right there on the dock. The way he looked at you, the way you grabbed my hand... what happened between you two, Ryan? Why did he look at me like that?"I let out a long, slow breath, trying to force the tension out of my shoulders. Aaron wasn't just my older brother. He was the golden child, the actual heir of the Wilders who never forgave me for walking away ten years ago, and who certainly wasn't going to make my return to the throne easy.But Mila had just survived three weeks of absolute hell. She was bruised, pregnant, and exhausted. I was not going to drag her into the dark, twisted politics of my fa
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