Fallen Knight

Fallen Knight Broken Crown Trilogy Book 2 T.K. Leigh FALLEN KNIGHT All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages for review purposes. If you are reading this book and you have not purchased it or won it in an author/publisher contest, this book has been pirated. Please delete and support the author by purchasing the ebook from one of its many distributors. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental or, if an actual place, are used fictitiously. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content. The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products referenced in this work of fiction, which have been used without permission. The use of these trademarks is not sponsored, associated, or endorsed by the trademark owner. Published by Carpe Per Diem, Inc Cover Design: Cat Head Media, Inc. Cover assets: © 2023 Chetty Used under license from Deposit Photos. Copyright © 2023 Tracy Kellam All rights reserved. Fallen Knight Princess Esme of Belmont finally freed herself from the chains shackling her to royal life and has been living in Paris for the past several years. It’s what she wanted. What she fought for. But there’s still something missing. She refuses to admit what that something is, though, doing everything she can to put the past behind her. Until she receives a phone call that forces her to return home. And to her old life. Creed Lawson has spent the last several years doing exactly what’s expected of him. No more breaking the rules. Until Esme walks back into his life, bringing all those feelings he fought to bury back to the surface. They’re caught between duty and freedom. Responsibility and redemption. Legacy and love. But this time, their love isn’t just forbidden… It’s deadly. Contents Books by T.K. Leigh Prologue Part I Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Part II Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Part III Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Broken Crown Connect with Me Acknowledgments About the Author Books by T.K. Leigh ROMANTIC SUSPENSE The Broken Crown Trilogy Royal Creed Fallen Knight Broken Crown The Temptation Series Temptation Persuasion Provocation Obsession The Vault Inferno: Part 1 Inferno: Part 2 Inferno: Part 3 Inferno: Part 4 The Possession Duet Possession Atonement The Beautiful Mess Trilogy A Beautiful Mess A Tragic Wreck Gorgeous Chaos The Deception Duet Chasing the Dragon Slaying The Dragon Beautiful Mess Series Spinoff Novels Vanished Heart of Light Heart of Marley CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE The Dating Games Series Dating Games Wicked Games Dangerous Games Royal Games Tangled Games The Book Boyfriend Chronicles The Other Side of Someday Writing Mr. Right The Redemption Duet Commitment Redemption For more information on any of these titles and upcoming releases, please visit T.K.’s website: www.tkleighauthor.com For a free short story, sign up for my newsletter. Sign Up Here. Prologue End of Royal Creed Jameson “I told you it would all work out in the end, did I not?” When I hear Gianna’s voice, I look away from the lake abutting my cabin in the mountains, watching as she strolls along the dock toward where I sit in an Adirondack chair. Her heels and pencil skirt are out of place here in nature. An affront to the simplicity of this place. It’s why I’ve always loved coming out here. No phones. No internet. No technology. It’s a miracle I have running water and electricity. It’s one of the few places anyone can truly…disappear. “I’m not sure I’d say things worked out,” I reply, a hint of venom in my tone. “You were supposed to deal with the Callie problem. The problem you started when you had her killed before I was able to figure out if she was in possession of those recordings. If anyone has them, she was the most likely. You fucked that up.” “If anything, I helped you. Last I checked, those recordings wouldn’t be shoved up her cunt. Or down her throat. Yet, you seemed to forget what was important since you were getting laid.” “I told you I was handling things, but you and my father didn’t believe me. Instead, the two of you conspired against me. Look where that led. To all of this nearly falling apart once Barlow started making waves.” “And I helped with that, too,” Gianna insists as she smooths a hand down her straight blonde hair. “I told you manufacturing a relationship with the princess would make you two the top news story across the continent, if not the world. Any mention of Callie’s disappearance was buried so deep, it was barely even a blip on the radar.” “You assured me it would stay that way. Instead, Hayes managed to weasel his way into the crowd and accuse me of murder in front of the entire goddamn world. Was that part of your plan?” I growl, still unnerved by how close things came to unraveling. Hell, it feels like they’re still unraveling, too many loose ends floating around, most notably the location of those damn recordings my father’s been trying to locate for years now. Recordings that could destroy everything for him. And, in turn, destroy everything for me. Everything we’ve