Page 16 of Bros Come Before Hordes
Calhoun gave me a long, tormented look and then shook his head. "With Léas gone, you could leave. Nothing would happen to you, and we wouldn’t blame you one bit."
"After everything you three have done for me?" I shook my head. They needed to understand the depths of my gratitude for helping to save Asa, for savingme, but finding the words to show that overloaded my exhausted brain. So I’d try with my actions, and maybe some word salad tossed in. "My mom and dad ran away from their problems, like literally ran away, but I don't want to be like them. I don’t run away when things get hard.”
“We know, Yara.” Vance touched the small of my back, reinforcing my spine with the thrill of his touch. “We’ve seen you find the strength to stay put and fight time and time again.”
Tavis nudged my shoulder with his as he shot me a smile that made me skip a breath. "You'll still be our queen?"
I gazed at Calhoun just as a flicker of hope crossed his face.
My harem needed me. No way I’d turn my back on them.
"I will." A queen in the middle of a war, which was about to get so much more frightening.
