Curious, I put the book down and focused my attention on him.
He scoffed, pacing around his desk. “Clearly, you must not know who I am. Otherwise, you would not be speaking so brazenly.”
I couldn’t hear the voice on the other line, but whatever they said was not what he wanted to hear.
With an impatient growl, Xaden slammed the phone down into its receiver. “For the love of—” he cut himself off, choosing to instead curse silently once he realized I was still in the room with him.
“So… we have to wait to see the psychic?” I asked, wincing slightly.
He sighed, rubbing an exhausted hand over his face. “She won’t make any exceptions, even for royalty. Honestly, how self-important does this woman think she is?” he said with a dramatic roll of his eyes.
I bit my lip. He didn’t see the iro
