*Gina*
He doesn’t wait to be invited in. As soon as I open the door to my oldest brother Kai, he strides boldly over the threshold as though expecting to find something amiss or some nefarious soul about who might try to stop him. Coming to a halt in the middle of the room, he glances slowly around before finally turning to look at me. “I've heard you haven't been working for a few days now. Are you unwell ?”
“No. I simply wanted some time to myself”. I tell him.
His eyes narrow, he shifts his attention to the closed door that leads into my bedchamber. It takes everything within me not to leap in front of him and bar his view, as though he has the power to look through wood to see what is being harbored on the other side. “I've been working since I was a little girl. I didn't think my a
