Kaelen’s POV
“What?” I frowned.
That gentle gaze returned, the very one he had when Sterling had brought him in. I didn’t understand it at the time, and in a way it scared me, but now I understood, and my fear was nowhere close to being gone.
“I love you, General.”
He took a step forward, and I took one backwards. “General, I…” he paused, nodding. “I know that I’m not supposed to have such feelings for you. I did suppress it, and nobody is going to know, I promise,” he said.
I opened my mouth, but no words left it. I stared at him for the longest and the more I did, the more I realized he wasn’t playing some type of prank on me.
He was telling the truth.
I scoffed, and then it migrated to laughter. “This was a dream, right? I’m dreaming,” I said, turning to Hazel, who looked mortifi
