Dane POV

Exiling criminals.

His second little brother, the bookish one, had done what he never had to and wasn’t sure he could do if it came down to it. It felt so … final. Even if Jiro allowed them back in, a colossal IF, the mark of banishment would remain.

He couldn’t disagree with what Jiro had done, and even better, recalling his assertion to Jiro that his brother would surpass him as a leader, he wanted to say, “I told you so.” Because ...