Cronan’s POV
I reserved a hotel a few miles from Violet’s house. It wasn’t a ritzy place by any means but it was clean enough. I wouldn’t sleep here anyway. It was really just a place to store the new clothes I just bought because I’d be here for a while and I had a feeling Violet wasn’t interested in sharing her closet space.
“Sir,” Zechariah said, bowing upon my entry.
I frowned at him. “Are you staying here?”
“If that’s what you want,” he said, raising his dark eyes to meet mine. Zech is a part of the Royal Guard. Everything from his skin tone to the clothing he adorns himself in was dark. It was easier for him to sink into the shadows, he once told me. Nobody could disappear better than Zech, or reappear at just the right time.
“It’s not necessary,” I sa
