Kael
The door clicked shut.
Kael shoved Alina away, his patience running thin. “Never try that again.”
Alina blinked, her smirk disappearing for a second before settling back into place. She folded her hands against her chest, angry, eyes beady like a snake. “Try what?”
His jaw clenched. He couldn’t let her see how much he hated what had just happened, how much it burned in his chest like a sickness.
If she suspected anything, if she even thought for a second that he didn’t want her, she would start asking questions. And Alina asking questions was dangerous.
She was dangerous because she could make Isolde’s life even more miserable.
His voice came out even, firm. “My room is not for games like that. That was disrespectful.”
Her eyes narrowed, angry and sharp. “Or is it that you w
