Contract With Big Brother-in-law
I then turned and rushed back outside, where Nicholas was still standing in the snow, looking utterly horrified.
“Kayla,” he said, moving toward me as I approached, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you—”
I thrust the package into his hands. “Open,” I commanded.
Nicholas took the package, his brow furrowing. Finally, after hesitating for a moment, he untied the ribbon and let it fall to the snow, then tore into the paper.
Inside was a slender bundle of papers, hole-punched and held together with strings. And on the front cover read, “A Journey Through Time: The King’s Mistress.”