{Ryanna’s POV}
"Pleasantries aside, I have come personally to invite you and our dear son, Casper, to dinner… Come tomorrow."
‘WHATTTT?!
And without even waiting for me to respond, he turned on his heel and was gone.
The silence he left behind wasn’t awkward. I was stunned.
Adolph muttered, "What just happened?"
That invitation alone managed to jolt us more than anything that had happened in the past 2 days.
"Some kind of power play," Basten said, narrowing his eyes.
"He wants us off guard. We should expect more than food." Magnus added, voice low.
But I barely heard them. I was still staring at the space Aurelius had stood, the sound of his voice still clawing at the back of my mind.
Dinner. With him.
‘Our son.’ Oh, how enraged I was.
He wasn’t just inviting us to eat. He inv
