The kitchen door slammed with vigor but a heartbeat after Brianna and Ruarke disappeared into the hall. Burke strode across the bailey, oblivious to anyone or anything in his path. Luc glanced up and acknowledged that he had never seen his brother so angered.
Then Gavin erupted in his favored son’s wake, his fist shaking in the air as he hobbled out into the bailey. “Go then! Go! You are no son of mine, Burke de Montvieux!”
“Fine!” Burke bellowed with a defiance Luc had never before witnessed in him. Luc’s eyes widened and he, along with most of the household, straightened to watch the exchange. “’Tis a shame I cannot purge the taint of your blood from my very veins!”
Gavin looked fit to explode and his face reddened dangerously. He pointed his finger after Burke. “I shall reclaim all o
