Erick
“I met Caleb today.”
The words hit me like a blade.
Not deep enough to wound, but painful nonetheless.
Sophia would never willingly hurt me, but her words sliced through me strong enough that something inside me went still.
My arms loosened around her, not because I wanted to let her go, but because her words forced my mind to snap into full alert.
Caleb.
Today.
With her.
I took a slow breath, forcing my pulse to steady.
“When?” I asked, voice low and even, though I felt a sharp instinctive surge of jealousy and possessiveness.
“At Queen Elise’s chambers,” she replied softly, her eyes searching mine, gauging my reaction carefully.
My jaw clenched.
Of course it would be there.
I had known Sophia planned to have tea with my mother today.
I had even been relieved, think
