Tempting the Wrong Prince
Richard being with Arden meant he wasn’t alone.
And even though the thought still pinched my heart in an odd way, because there was a time when I was the one who would have sat with him through the night, rubbing his back, holding his hands, letting him lean, there was also something deeply comforting about seeing the brothers finally… align.
They were royalty, yes.
But they were also men.
Men who had been raised inside pressure and performance, men who had learned to swallow emotions until they turned into weapons, men who had been trained to look invincible even when they were bleeding.