The Rivaled Crown (The Veiled Kingdom, #3)

by Holly Renee

I was a threat to everything he stood for. And still, he had chosen me. Even after the betrayal, after learning my true identity, after every reason I had given him to turn away, he had protected me. He had given me the most dangerous weapon of all. Hope.

“Let me be clear,” I said, my voice like a whip. “I will choose her over every one of you.”

“I am not an enemy you want, Eiran, but for her, I will become whatever I have to.”

I wouldn’t care if it was poison that runs through her veins, I will still choose her.”

“If you put her in a cell,” Dacre snarled, his voice thick with something dark and dangerous. “If any of you lay a single finger on her, I will burn this city to the ground.”

“You’re safe. And I will burn this fucking world to the ground before I let anything happen to you again.”

“You are my father, but if you dare speak of my wife like that again, I will slit your throat and paint this city in your blood.”

“I should have known,” I murmured, my lips brushing against her skin, “that even as my queen, you would still be a little traitor.”