Richard POV
"Who did you say?" I didn't mean for my tone to take on an edge.
I could feel Tessa's odd look as the servant replied,
"Mister Fox. The chief-elder's nephew."
The irritation rose inside me like a tidal wave. Kevin Fox? In my house? How dare him come here?
I considered telling Tyrese to go ask him to leave. But that would be bad manners. He was a Mooner from the house of an elite. I had no reason to be hostile. No reason to hate him.
You hate him because of Tessa Nile.
I shut down that thought immediately. Now was not the time to ponder on my deeply confusing feelings.
I watched Tessa to gauge her reaction. It was mostly indifference. Maybe a bit of mild curiosity, which I hated to acknowledge.
There was only one reason why that fvcker would come knock at my door this
