Chapter 64 The Veiled Carmine

The barbed implication—that his current punishment was due to his own lack of discipline and that he was clearly asking for more—landed perfectly.

Evander's face darkened.

After a tense pause, he forced a careless laugh. "If only we could meet Carmine today."

Oriana's hand stilled mid-air.

Helena looked puzzled. "Carmine? Who is that?"

Evander's eyebrow arched, his gaze sliding to Oriana. "An auth