Raven was on the palace roof when she first saw the carriages rolling through the gates.
She knew immediately that this was Gerald Caine because no one else would arrive with that much pomp and ceremony for what was supposed to be a family visit.
She counted six guards accompanying the main carriage and another wagon loaded with trunks and supplies and she thought it was excessive for someone who was only planning to stay a few days.
She watched from her perch as servants rushed out to greet the visitors and as a tall man with graying hair and expensive clothes stepped down from the carriage and surveyed the courtyard like he owned it.
Even from this distance, Raven could see the resemblance to Aaron and Ava in the shape of his face and the set of his shoulders, but there was someth
