“I planned to make sure you got everything back. Everything you have longed for. Without this, you are a princess with no kingdom.” “No, she is not.” That echo through the hall was a declaration that halted time. For the voice that disrupted far behind Tauria caressed her neck and raced down her spine, until that phantom touch traveled within, stroking her senses with exhilarating awareness. His voice. Tauria’s breath shuddered out of her. “She is a queen with two.”

