“A bookstore, man? Really?” Leo asked Bastien, who shrugged.
“It worked, she married me.”
DON’T KNOCK THE BOOKSTORE DATE!
But seriously I can’t even count how many times my husband and I ended up at a bookstore with his friends when we all went out. It was at least a dozen. Bookstores are freaking great!
“I’m sorry you’ve had such a bad experience with nobles,” Alice said. “Working in the service industry, you can really tell what people are like based on how they treat the people who serve them.”
“Yes,” Maureen agreed. “You can.”
Maureen led Alice outside to the hedge maze where Olivia was waiting for her.
Yea well, you are about to betray four of the good ones (‘cause you not only betrayed them but their husbands and oh boy are those two gonna be out for blood …)
“You know, if you wanted a shotgun wedding, I could’ve provided an actual shotgun for you,” Olivia said, all traces of the momentary sadness gone. Alice laughed, the sound strange and unsettling in their cell.
Only Olivia would say that while tied up. Oh hey look at that! Laughing without coughing my head off! Go me! lol
“I don’t know if I could actually hit someone in the head with this,” Alice said, feeling sick.
“You can, and you will,” Olivia said. “Remember—you are fighting for you and your baby to get back to Bastien. You can do this.”
Alice took a deep breath and nodded. “I can do this.”
Holding it when you aren’t in danger you think that, once your life is threatened you can do far more than you ever thought, multiply that when you are pregnant because you aren’t the only one you’re trying to protect. You got this Alice.
“What in the Scooby Doo-style fuckery is this?” Alice asked.
Bahahaha, does that make Drake Shaggy or Scooby?
“Obviously,” Olivia said. “You were this close to having a throwing knife in your neck, Drake.”
“So just like every day of my childhood,” Drake said.
I think the fact that he’s so calm about it is what makes it even funnier!
“He tried to come—it took three members of the royal guard to keep him from getting in a car—but Liam finally convinced him that Anton was likely watching him and coming here might put you in more danger,” Hana said.
Only three? Yeah, he’s on his way. Gonna take way more than three guards to keep Bas from protecting Alice and their baby.
Seemingly out of nowhere, Bastien tackled Anton to the ground, knocking the gun free and sending it clattering to the floor and out of reach. Anton twisted under Bastien, snarling as he pulled a knife free.
Told you three weren’t enough guards to hold Bas back!
“I am now,” she said. “I thought you had to stay behind?”
“There was absolutely no way I was going to do that.”
And anyone who thought he actually would stay back doesn’t know him at all. (For the record I mean Drake and Maxwell who clearly thought the three guards were enough to hold Bas.)
“It’s hard to watch Liv walk away after everything that’s happened today,” Liam said. “I don’t want to let her out of my sight.”
“I know the feeling,” Bastien said. Liam took a breath and turned to look at him.
What is it about protective men????
“I hope this was worth your life, you miserable, pathetic maggot,” Liam said. He stood up and nodded to Bastien. With a twist of Bastien’s hands, Anton’s neck snapped, the sound amplified by the empty room, and he fell to the ground, dead.
“Duke Bastien Lykel of Valtoria, you are officially relieved of your duty to the royal guard,” Liam said.
AND THAT IS HOW YOU RETIRE!!!! Lol. But seriously, talk about the ultimate way out of your job!
I know it’s not over over but you deserve this: