Chapter 79

LEONE

Sleep would not come after my sex escapades. I had tried for hours lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, willing my mind to shut down. But it refused.

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her face. Seraphina's face when she had overheard me earlier. That look of devastation and broken expression.

I should not care. I did not care.

But the image would not leave me alone.

Finally, I gave up. I threw off the covers and dressed, pulling on trousers and a shirt.

The palace was ...