For Her Protection

[CAIUS TORIN DRAVOS]

I peer down at the duchess at my feet.

I have no knowledge of how to—console anyone. I did not find that information useful as I did not believe that I was to ever find myself in the position to do so. I keep doing things that I had never accounted for.

Crouching down to her level, I study the woman who seems bewildered by my actions, her head shifting slightly away at my pres