grew up rich,” Shayne cut in. “I’m a Lord by birthright. But my brother took the family title after I kept getting into trouble. Dranian was hired by my parents as my fairyguard when I was twelve faeborn years old, but he couldn’t keep me out of messes, hard as he tried.” Shayne dragged a huge crossbow from beneath the counter, and Kate’s eyes widened. “So, my parents disowned me and sent me off to the High Court who hired me to kill Cress. The Prince.”

