Chapter 728 – Enemy Returned

• “Well,” Rafe says, glancing between Luca and I and clearly intuiting that a little distraction might be necessary, “leave it to the Academy to get Ari out of bed, through a run, and then through a royal meeting before seven in the morning.” I turn my attention gratefully to my brother, and he gives me a surreptitious wink.
• “Are you implying that I’m lazy, Rafe Sinclair?” I counter, raising my coffee to my lips and lifting a challenging eyebrow in his direction.
• “Oh, I wasn’t implying that, Ari,” he says, training his innocent gaze on me. “I was blatantly stating it.”