Unexpected Claim

(Kaelen’s POV)

The hall still echoed with pleasantries as Silas walked in, his golden hair slightly tousled, eyes glinting with that ever-familiar confidence. The maids trailed behind him with his bags as though he belonged here.

I tensed.

Not because he was here, but because I knew what his presence truly meant. He was a threat, not just to the throne, but to Neva. To us.

"If you can’t control yo