#Chapter 21: Brother-In-Law

I don’t believe my ears. I had to have misheard. So I take a moment to catch my breath. It shakes as I inhale. Then I repeat the most shocking of the things he said to me, “’Brother-in-law?’”

“My wedding to Blaire is already set,” Declan says. His voice is clear and crisp, but totally monotone, without any emotion or feeling.

A cold chill creeps into my body. Not even my new burlap tunic can prote