“You should have let me do it,” Ceara said bitterly to Rafael. “I would not have missed.” She could not believe his aim was so faulty, given his trade. An opportunity to eliminate Edward forever had been lost!
“I did not wish him to be injured,” Rafael said inexplicably. She looked up to find him watching her and knew her astonishment showed “I wished only to hasten his departure.”
“Why?” Hot fury filled her. “This is no jest! I would have killed him when I had the chance.”
“Yet I would have all of the tale before I execute the godson of a king.” Rafael smiled but his eyes were cool, so pale a blue that they reminded her of steel. “A legacy of my experience, bella.”
bella“You could take my word.”
“I would base my trust upon more than that.” His brow lifted. “That is also a legacy of m
