Chapter 34. Leverage

Ainslee

Rafe has just told me I am leverage in his impending war. All I can say is, “How romantic.” I roll my eyes.

The prince chuckles but doesn’t jump to change what he’s just said. “We think they finally saw an opportunity to pass you along and get you off their hands by sending you here, but then, there’s a good chance they thought they could get you back from the feeders’ quarters if they needed you by winning the trust of one of my advisors.”

My fork clanks against my plate for the second time in two days. “Kris.” It’s not a question.

He nods. “We don’t think that Kris knowingly did anything other than accept their word as to what was going on. He tends to see things in a similar light as the Blacks, so it just follows that he’d take their side.”

I want to tell him he needs to be careful. I never have trusted that man. But it seems like Rafe already knows Kris is shady, so I save it.

“At any rate, they served you up to me on