Recently docked after a voyage abroad, Emmett wants only to find a warm bed and good food, for himself and the cabin boy he's taken into his care. Those plans are impeded, however, by an altercation in the streets -- with a man he realizes too late is England's heir to the throne, Prince Andrewe.<br><br>When the encounter unexpectedly leads to a position in the royal household attending the prince, Emmett is not certain what to think. On one hand, it's a reliable income and ensures the safety of his charge. On the other, it's neither the life Emmett knows, nor an environment that he's comfortable in. Left to learn his lessons the hard way, Emmett spends his days contending with a spoiled, infuriating prince who leaves him in a constant tangle of emotions.<br><br>Then he begins to hear whispers of treason and must make a choice: defend Prince Andrewe or betray him.

Honour

“I would kill to keep you, Emmett. Yet even that act would prove insufficient. They do not want me to have you. My wife will not want me to know you. And you yourself do not wish to be with me. What do I do, Emmett? What do I say? When you look at me with those eyes and accuse me of things I know are truth but completely unavoidable? Do you know how it wrecks me to see you hurt? But that is nothing Emmett, nothing at all, compared to the sword in my heart when I look into your face and see my own indictment in your eyes.”


Andrewe turned on his side, burying his face into the wine soaked pillow. “Leave me.”


“Your Highness,” Emmett reached for Andrewe’s shoulder. “We’ll get you a bath; get you out into the sun…”


“Leave me, Emmett,” Andrewe said into the fabric. “Let me wallow. It is my greatest trait.”


Chapter 30