Brendan cursed quietly. Each of the Eks Corp Security officers who had tried to follow them away from the wedding announcement party claimed to have different orders.
He glanced at Lief, whose collection of bruises was still darkening, and couldn't help feeling more than a little impressed. Rafaela Donatella had technically taken down more Eks Corp Security officers in one fight, but his brother had taken less damage and captured all three of them alive.
The two who had done the most damage when waylaid by the eldest of the King's sons had each assumed that being captured meant being killed. They still claimed that as far as they knew their orders came from the current King or Queen of Eks Corp. Neither Lief nor Brendan actually believed them, but the two refused to answer anything more to anyone except their direct superiors, which was actually in line with Eks Corp Security policies.
