"Wasn't it?" Owain asked sharply as he frowned at the engineer. After months of trading barbed words with her, he was enjoying watching her use her viperish tongue against someone else for a change, but he couldn't help but feel that this latest barb was aimed more toward him than it was toward Baron Hanrahan. But for that to be true, she would have to know about Loman's intention to contend for the throne…
The thought that she might be aware of Owain's struggle to inherit the throne that should be his by birthright shook him to the core. His eyes narrowed and his brows lowered as he scowled at Isabell, who seemed completely immune to any form of intimidation. Was this really an idle comment in response to Jocelynn's childish infatuation with stories of true love? Or had the entire story she told about the civil war in the Emerald Kingdom been intended to allow her to make this point?
