Bailee’s POV
I pace Caden’s office nervously as he finishes on the telephone, the grave look on his face filling me with worry.
As he hangs up, I hurry toward his desk, placing my palms on the cool wood as I stare at him expectantly.
‘So?’ I ask quickly, ‘what is it?’
Caden had called me to his office five minutes ago, the mind link had been quick and curt, and when I entered the office, I’d found him on the phone. He’d nodded to me to come in, mouthed the word Council, and held up a hand to tell me to wait for him to finish speaking to whoever was on the other end of the line.
My brother-in-law sighs, rubbing his eyes tiredly with his thumb and forefinger, ‘they are moving up our hearing’ he states bluntly.
‘What?’ I squeak, gripping the edge of the desk tighter, ‘why? We haven’t ha
