Chapter 220

Third Person's POV

Kaelen stiffened the moment he saw Vespera. There was an unease curling in his chest, one he hadn't felt since he'd negotiated her early release from the confinement of the Moonveil Detention. Since then, he had avoided her scent, avoided her presence, every interaction carefully blocked with excuses.

His father had stripped him of certain decision-making authority after Kaelen