~Lyra~
I blinked. “Kidnapped your ladies? Kael wouldn’t do something like that. He’s... he’s actually kind of gentle.”
Okay, that definitely sounded like something Kael would do.
The King gave a humorless smile. “Then it only proves you don’t know Kael as well as you think. He’s more than capable.”
I furrowed my brows. “Forgive me, Your Majesty, but why are you telling me this now? Why not ask Kael?”
As if Kael would sit down and chat with the King. But the last thing I needed was the King turning that suspicious gaze on me instead.
He studied me for a beat, then asked, “You know Kael’s been doing the Royal Family’s dirty work, don’t you?”
“I’ve heard some things,” I said carefully.
“You’re a clever girl,” he murmured. “But you don’t know the whole story. When Seraphina—Kael’s moth
