Chapter 0152

| sidestepped into his path, blocking him.

His eyes narrowed marginally for a moment, before his overly–friendly expression returned.

“Forgive her, sir,” I said. “It will take her some time to come around to a stranger.”

“This is what I am attempting to rectify,” Terry countered. “I don’t wish to be a stranger any longer.”

His gaze dropped down to my breasts, even though I was wearing a sweater, not anything revealing. He

kept his eyes there, like he could see through my shirt, I crossed my arms over my chest.

“I wish to be a good friend to you both.” He licked his lips.

Mark moved then, entering the narrowing space between Terry and me, firmly blocking his movement.

Terry’s smile fell. He lifted a brow in Mark’s direction, questioning. Mark held his ground.

“Perhaps I could assist you with whatever you need, sir,” Mark said, voice so much sterner than I’d ever

heard it. This was his soldier voice, I realized, and not the one he used for Elva and I.

Terry said. “Especially when I was only being

anything wrong.” z

prince and his orders.”

tilted his head. “And your prince’s orders involve keeping me away from Piper?”

her and her child from anyone, sir.” Mark’s words sounded like a threat.

heard it too, because he straightened. “It’s awfully presumptuous to assume she would

from

anyone from getting

muscle. Unless Terry had a deceptively strong wolf, I’d wager Mark could take him in a fight if it came

nephew gives strange orders regarding

ex, though I couldn’t exactly pinpoint why. It felt like he was mocking me somehow, or Nicholas.

see myself out, if it would give you

shifted only to continue to

he disappeared outside of it, Mark sighed

slouched

Terry was good to the staff. “I hope I didn’t put you in an awkward position.”

to me, Mark shook his head. “I don’t care if it did. And

“But you said…”

he was looking at you,”

Susie added, stepping away from the window. She crossed the room to stand beside us.

switched from hiding behind

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