“Seriously?” Keeland let out a bark of laughter. “You expect me to believe that?”
“It’s true.”
“Isn’t that like every orphan’s dream, to discover that their biological family is royalty?”
Well, when put like that…
“He’s telling the truth,” Gabriel said from the doorway. “One of the men who was sent to guard us told us all about our family and our heritage.”
Keeland snapped his mouth closed. He stared at Gabriel for a moment before asking, “Are you sure he wasn’t feeding you a line of crap?”
Gabriel walked farther into the room, then sat on the edge of Dom’s chair. “Yeah, we’re sure.”
“Wow, okay, so…” Keeland blinked rapidly for a moment. “Do I address you as Your Highness or something?”
Gabriel chuckled. “Gabe will do.”
Dom glanced down to keep anyone from seeing the smile that crossed his lips. This situation was too tense to be laughing.
“There was a man who wanted to eliminate everyone in our family so he could rule,” Gabe continued. “That’s why Dom was so freaked out over those two men that came by your clinic. They might be looking for us.”
“No.” Keeland shook his head. “They didn’t ask anything about Dom. They only wanted to know if I had treated any wild animals recently.”
“Yeah, um…” Gabe glanced at Dom. “Maybe we should wait until Chay gets here before we get into that.” Gabe looked back at Keeland, smiling. “I called him while I was in the office. He’s on his way home. He should be here soon. Would you like some coffee while we wait?”
“Yes, please.” Keeland waited until Gabe had walked out of the room before glancing back at Dom. “So, royalty, huh?”
Dom felt his face flush with heat as he glanced away. “Yeah, something like that.”
“That must have been interesting to find out.”
“Oh, it was.”
“So, this guy who wiped your family out, he’s still after you?”
Dom grimaced. This was the part of things he really didn’t want to share with Keeland, but if he expected the man to believe him, he knew he had to tell him everything. “He’s already come after us once since Gabe and I found each other. We were able to fight his men off, but the chances of him sending more are pretty high. That’s why I was so upset about the guys at the clinic.”
“Is this guy a poacher or something?” He’d asked Dom the very same thing back at the clinic.
“Something like that.”
Well, that was clear as mud.
“Are you planning on going home?”
Dom frowned. “Home?”
“To wherever you were born.”
“Oh, maybe someday. I’d like to see it at least. Not sure I’d stay though.” Dom chuckled. “I’m not really the royalty type. I think they frown on motorcycle grease and leather.”
“Oh, I don’t know.” Keeland shivered. “There’s something to be said for leather.”
Dom arched an eyebrow. Did Keeland like leather?
“So.” Keeland’s lips twisted for a moment. “I guess it was pretty weird finding out you had a brother.”
“Three brothers, and yes, it was.” Understatement of the century. Dom was still a little wigged out. “We were all placed with a guardian to care for us. Gabe is the only one whose guardian is still alive. The rest were killed.”
