One, two, three, Ronald counted his push-ups in his head as he watched Kristen with the others at the table. She had convinced the guards to give her a deck of cards, and she had Win and Aaron playing with her. Right now, it was a game of Go Fish. Thorn sat at the table pretending to watch television and ignore them, but Ronald could tell that he was there just because of Kristen.
The prince may not want to admit that their apex omega was drawing him in, but his nonverbal cues said otherwise. One thing Ron was good at was reading a room, and Thorn's body language screamed protection mode. Not that Kris was in any danger at the moment. None of them would hurt her, but he didn't know that. Until he knew that she had claimed them, Thorn would see each of them as a potential threat. Hell, ev
