Chapter 41
Tiana
Three days had passed since the morning Zane had asked me—no, ordered me—to convince Kaius to consider a marriage alliance.
Three days of pretending I didn’t still feel the burn of his words in my chest.
Three days of avoiding him entirely.
And Kaius too, for that matter.
Not because I was angry at him, but because I didn’t want to drag him any deeper into the mess Zane had thrown at my feet.
I had spent those days focusing on one thing only: the preparation for my womb treatment.
The second phase should have happened the morning after the Convergence, but the healers refused.
“Your body is saturated with wine, Luna.”
“We cannot risk mixing the injections with alcohol.”
“Come back once your system is clear.”
So today, three days later, was the new appointment.
