Royally Rearranged (Sweet Royal RomCom, #1)

by Emma St. Clair

But then, given what I just learned, his layers and moving floors make more sense. I knew Rafe was orphaned, though I didn’t know his mother was pregnant at the time. He lost his parents and an unborn sibling.

The uncle I’ve always disliked is truly a despicable human. The Baron de Silva has kept a squeaky-clean official record, but there have been allegations of psychological abuse over the years. Nothing proven, but from multiple sources. As for Rafe’s discharge from the royal guard, it was for medical reasons. He had what was deemed a psychotic break and injured one of the officers during part of training. After spending a week or two in a private mental hospital, he was released. There is nothing for the last few years other than the name of his therapist. Underneath the last paragraph, detailing the weekly therapy Rafe has undergone since the discharge, Mum had written far too mentally unstable.

I would disagree with her assessment. If anything, a man who has spent time in therapy, working through his known issues has to be better off than someone stuffing them down and ignoring them. But knowing all those things has changed how I see so much about Rafe. He has layers because he’s complex. He’s a survivor. Whoever I thought Ra...