Lady of the House

ROWAN’S POV

I don’t even blink. I don’t look away from her face. I just hold my hand out to the side.

“Garek,” I say, my voice dead calm. “Phone.”

Garek doesn’t hesitate for a fraction of a second. He slaps his heavy, encrypted comms device straight into my palm.

Agnes’s breath catches. Her chest heaves, panic finally warring with the fanaticism.

“What are you doing?”

I dial the King.

It rings twi