As Ilona rode towards home on her mare, she couldn't believe her luck. The Duke and Duchess had agreed to help her. She was going to bring the letter to the King and hopefully save her brother and sister.
When she, Nick, and Jamie had left the ocean estate belonging to the Adairs, Ian had hugged their younger brothers and then glanced at her before turning around and walking back inside. It had stung her heart but also made her angry. It wasn't as if he had never made mistakes. Maybe they had never been of this magnitude, but they were still there.
As angry as she was with him though, she knew she couldn't really blame him. If Ian had ever done anything to endanger any of their younger siblings, she would have been just as furious with him for it. Likely even angrier since, out of the two of them, she had the more fiery temper.
