“So we are a good match.” Then he shakes his head. “I can’t do this. So soon after. It feels wrong.” “You want to avenge her, do you not? Or would you give up now and go back to the mainland? Will you go and pay court to Katharine, her murderer?” “No,” Billy barks, and his expression turns dark. “Never.” “Then stay and be a part of it.” Mirabella holds out her hand. She needs him to say yes. She suddenly cannot bear the thought of him leaving. He—the only suitor who loved her sister—he must be king.
