KAIA'S POV When the doors finally opened and Leander walked in behind the guards, the atmosphere in the room immediately shifted like someone had sucked the air out of it. It wasn’t anything he did, really. In fact, he looked almost uncomfortable, and from the look of things, if it wasn’t for the kind of man he was, with so much boldness and confidence, he’d probably have been tripping over his own two feet. But even though he wasn’t, one could clearly tell just how awkward he felt just by watching him. He looked like he’d rather be anywhere else than standing there in front of the entire hall. His reaction made me wonder exactly what those guards had told him was the reason he was being called here, or if they’d even explained anything to him at all. He looked completely lost. But the

