“I knew he was going to create an opening,” Hawke answered, drawing my gaze back to him. “For you…to become my personal Royal Guard?” “I needed to get close to you.” I sucked in a shuddering breath as my heart seemed to split open. “Well, you succeeded at that, didn’t you?” That muscle in his jaw flexed again. “What you’re thinking…you could not be further from the truth.”
MY JAW IS ON THE FLOOR
