Chapter 7: Two Questions

Kaine Drexel is still the most beautiful man I've ever seen. I hate that. It's the kind of detail that should have burned off with the bond. He was halfway through a greeting for the King when he saw the crown on my collar, and then my face. The color left him like someone had pulled a plug. "Wren?" "Commander Hale," I said. "You— " He took a step toward me and I heard the thought arrive before his mouth moved: her father just lost the Sablewood contract, if I can get the bond back, Ironvale's...