RYKER’S POV

After my discussion with Dimitri, I went to the confinement of my room to reflect.

He was right.

Even if Lyra trusts me, subtly leading Sophie to believe she was having her way to get the main person behind her was risky to our relationship, much less now that her trust in me was zero.

How stupid could I be? I had just gone through hell, left my kingdom and throne to chase her at the farthest end of the earth. I couldn’t lose her again and shatter the little hope she ...