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

“No,” Andrewe whispered. “I would, in all honesty, only need one.”


The statement shouldn’t have made Emmett suck back a sharp breath and want to get on his knees to thank every God he could recall by name. But it did.


Andrewe squeezed Emmett’s hand. “That I did for the man I was in love with. The man I am still in love with.”


Emmett’s heart yearned to reach out and cling to the man who spoke such beautiful words. His soul however, remembered truth too strong to ignore. He shook his head and sighed heavily. “You do not allow someone you love to come to harm, your Highness. I may be a simple man but that is a fact that I know. So tell me then, if your love is true, why do you allow me to be harmed, Andrewe? Why do you call it on me yourself?”


Chapter 32