Kaida
Asher and Caspian were waiting in the sitting room when I entered. Malachi had carried me back home, scaling the walls to reach his room, while I had entered the house through the front door. Although I was adventurous, I wasn't reckless enough to entertain the idea of having him convey me to my room, scaling the walls while I rode on his back. I certainly didn't have a death wish.
I halted, immediately aware of their combined gaze. Twice now, I had chosen Malachi over the two of them. First, I had resisted their efforts to comfort me after my emotional turmoil. And then, despite their attempts to coax me from my self-imposed confinement following the humiliating encounter with Meredith, it was Malachi who had succeeded.
If anyone should have been able to break through the solitu
