She stopped and turned to face me, slate grey eyes as hard as stone.
“I tried to be reasonable. clifford declined to meet me halfway. It’s time to create a better position. So, tomorrow night, while everyone is distracted, I’m taking my brother back. I’m going through anyone who gets in the way.”
Oh, Hell’s bells. I knew what came next.
So much for the diplomatic solution.
Her teeth showed very white as she saw my dawning comprehension. “And I’m calling in my second favor. You, Sir Knight, are going to help me.”
Is she insane?” willson demanded.
I threw up my hands halfheartedly.
Her blue eyes stared hard at me for a moment before she said, in a calm, practical voice, “Oh God. You want to do it.”
“I don’t want to do it,” I said. “But he’s my brother.”
She lifted her good hand and
