TWENTY-EIGHT
He didn't deserve her thanks. He hadn't lied, but...he hadn't told her the truth about the Queen of Aros, either. Then again, no one here needed to know the truth about how he'd been banished from Aros. Least of all Rosa, whose ice-fair features were lovely enough to tempt any man. Including the Baron's son, he was sure.
A thought that shouldn't send a rush of anger through him, yet there it was. He'd experienced jealousy before, envying Abraham and Maja their happiness together, but that was nothing compared to the acid eating his insides now.
Even as he told himself he was here to complete a quest and earn a reputation, a tiny voice in the back of his mind added how wonderful it would be to win Rosa's heart along the way. To share her bed the way a man usually did with
