Chapter 409

Daphne's POV

He came home looking worse than he left.

I saw it the second he walked into the kitchen. Same coat. Same closed mouth. Same lie sitting behind his eyes. He had gone to Kaelen and come back emptier, like talking had cost him something he still refused to name.

"You spoke to him," I said.

"To Kaelen. Yes."

"And?"

"I told him my father wants him watching his back."

I shut the tap off.

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