"Where have you been?"
Kael's voice was as sharp as broken glass.
He stood still in the doorway; his whole body radiated tension. His hunting clothes were stained dark with blood. Dirt smudged across his chest. His jaw clenched tight.
Elaine stood stiffened in the center of the room, her legs trembling slightly despite her efforts to appear calm.
His eyes burned with something more than anger.
Jealousy.
Raw. Possessive. Like a wolf who'd lost track of something that belonged to him.
He stepped inside. Closed the door behind him with deliberate slowness.
He started circling her, like a hunter cornering his prey.
"Your maids came to dress you for the ceremony and informed me they could not find you." He completed a lap around, his presence suffocating. "I had to send guards to searc
