But the damage she’d wrought upon matters at the keep was done and could not be undone.
Jesse nodded with an absent look. “Better that she’s resting if she’s unwell. This might make her worse.”
“What might?” Ravenna moved closer, careful to keep the distance between them. Each second she spent in his presence only deepened her regret at what had happened in the river. He hadn’t come to her bed later that night, or the next, either. He wasn’t in love with her. He wanted her, but that wasn’t the same. Jesse wasn’t a typical man, following his lusts. He followed his loyalty. Something she had shown herself to be absent of at every step of her journey. “What happened?”
He stopped pacing and looked at her. “The last thing I ever expected. Khallum Warwick is here. He’s come to the aid of the
