"I have never been more embarrassed to call you family."
Guinevere looked at him as though he had just suggested she apologize to a houseplant.
He shook his head. It was the head shake of a king who had mentally drafted, reviewed, and signed an eviction notice before his mouth opened.
"Two weeks. You leave the castle and out of my sight. And when you come back, if you come back, you will apologize then you will never speak to her again. You will not look at her or be in the same room unless I specifically allow it."
"She's an omega, Fin."
"That's not the point. But you keep bringing it up. She's the Crown Princess of Drakenfell. But even if she was an omega, you would still be wrong. And you would still be leaving. Unacceptable."
Her face cycled through several expressions: shock, offense, outrage, and finally cold, narrow-eyed recalculation.
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Fin found Garrett on his way out of the sitting room, Agnes trailing behind him still dabbing at the stain on her bodice.
