Chapter 18

~Valeria ~ I end up outside Raphael’s room and knock, but there’s no answer. A hall guard hurries toward me. “You can’t be here!” “I’m looking for Raphael—Prince Raphael.” “I don’t care who you’re looking for! No one who isn’t from the royal family or invited by one can be here at this hour!” “But—” He grabs me by the arm. “I’ll have to take you to a holding cell—” “Leave her.” Urien walks up to us with fast strides. “She’s a special friend of Prince Raphael. Don’t touch her again.” The guard lowers his head. “Of course, Beta.” Urien turns to me with a smile. “Raphael isn’t here, but if you tell me a little secret, I can tell you where he is.” “A secret?” I don’t have time for this. “Yeah, tell me what you are to Raphael. It can’t be just a good time. He rarely has the company of a woman, and when he does, it’s not more than once.” It is just a good time for me, and how did he know Raphael and I had been intimate multiple times? “Listen, someone is going to attack! Please! I need to se