Page 91 of Queen’s Sacrifice

Raising the ring box at him, I shake it in his direction. “This doesn’t make us even, ye know. Not even close.”

He shrugs a shoulder. I stare him down for a few more beats before I tuck the box in my pocket.

“Thanks,” I say. “I think Penny will like it.”

“Whatever.” He acts nonchalant, but I can tell that there is the undercurrent of strong emotion there. “Don’t tell her it’s from me, maybe.”

Squinting out across the landscape, I let out a sigh that I’ve been holding in for a long time. I spread my arms, placing my hands on my brothers’ backs. I know that it’s more contact than we are used to but I stay still. They both give me a sideways glance, waiting.

When I don’t shrink back, Eros clears his throat.

“I’d say we deserve a drink.”

He turns, heading back toward the castle. I cast a measuring gaze over Ares but he just shrugs.

“To the future,” he mutters.

He follows Eros. After a moment, I do too.

This is as good as it gets with the Lyon men. I’ll take it, too.

My thoughts turn to Penny and my heart clenches, my feet carrying me onward.