Chapter 0586

Nicholas's anger began to vibrate through him. He growled, probably without realizing it, with each exhale of breath.

"It's past time I speak with Bridget myself," he said, low and dangerous. Yet, even so, he did not move -not until I pulled back enough to look up at him. He met my gaze with stern eyes. "I should have set her straight a long time ago."

"What will you say?" I asked him.

"I don't know yet. But she has lost every right to any benefit of the doubt I might have otherwise given her. I want the truth. I also intend to make my own truth known."

"What's that?"

His eyes became fiercer. Looking at him, he seemed more hardened warrior than young prince.

*Bridget will never be queen," Nicholas said.

I appreciated the remark all the same. Nicholas, despite having been childhood friends with Bridget,

didn't doubt so much that Nicholas, Julian, and Bridget

be queen? Or was it her lifestyle? Or did she simply have an inherent greed for power that manifested itself as she grew

I supposed. Facts were facts, now, regardless of how they

dead.

"Okay," I said.

started to lead me

I motioned toward the mess on

he said. Most of

for someone else to clean. By morning, the smell alone would be overpowering. "I'm

to argue with

him toward the door. "I'll clean up quickly

I'll make certain they stay there," Nicholas said. "I'll

might have been a godsend. I didn't want to just have to sit there wondering

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