AVALINE

“Why are we leaving so early?” I didn’t want to assume, but he had always been somewhat possessive. Did he get mad because of my conversation with Rio?

Czar’s body went rigid; he put a protective arm around my wrist and pulled me behind him, then turned around. Eiran followed us. How did he hear that? I didn’t even feel another presence here.

His body relaxed at the sight of the person he trusted most.

“Problem?”

Eiran shook his head. “The men are playing cards, and I ...