CHAPTER 78
KUBALA'S POV
“I’m ready.” Those two words kept running through my head, again and again. They were what I’d wanted to hear for so long, but now they didn’t matter. It was already too late.
Our union could never happen. The attack from the rogues had proved that. If I let my love...my feelings for her take over, it would be doing more harm than good.
When I got her letter, I didn’t know what to think. The day before, I’d stood in silence as twelve of my men were buried after that ambush. I still remembered every face.
Only then did it dawn on me. I had a decision to make.
And then I saw her. She stood there in front of me, wearing jewelry, looking beautiful and distant. Part of me wanted to walk over, take her in my arms like nothing had changed. But I knew that wasn’t an
