Chapter 115

Kaidan's POV

I set the fork down harder than I meant to, the clink against the porcelain sharp in the silence of the dining hall. Cassidy sat stiffly in her chair across from me, eyes lowered, picking at the edge of the napkin rather than at the food I had the maids put in front of her.

“Eat,” I told her, my voice low but firm enough to leave no room for argument.

“You’ve barely swallowed more t