Chapter 132
Jack
If they think I'm going to stand still and wait—they've lost their damn minds.
"If you think I'm going to twiddle my fucking thumbs and wait here—you've got me wrong. You heard what happened to them!" I roar, not caring that the people standing in front of me are the King and the Crown Prince.
Let them be offended. Let them revoke every etiquette lesson I've passed.
I don't care.
My family was attacked.
And I wasn't there.
I turn on my heel, ignoring the startled guards, ignoring the way the King calls after me, ignoring Russell's low "Jackson, wait—"
No.
No waiting.
No sitting quietly like a decorative royal pet while the two most important people in my life and my baby were being shot at.
This stupid fucking palace and its long corridors and maze-like architecture.
