MERRIELYNN.
I turned to Cormac, feeling a sudden swell of sympathy for him.
"What happened?" I asked softly, my curiosity getting the best of me. I really hoped Cormac would let me in just a little.
But he tensed up, his expression hardening.
"You have no business knowing the details of my life," he shot back in an icy voice, like he was putting up a wall between us.
He sighed, looking around the room as if checking for eavesdroppers. "We’re only in here because this is the only place in the palace where I’m sure my father won’t come," he said quietly.
There was a weight to his words, and I could sense that there was so much more beneath the surface that he wasn’t ready to share.
We waited in silence until we finally felt it was safe to head back to Pinnthorpe with the original moo
