*Alistair*

Having taken in the half-broken, astonished, and horribly terrified look from Daphne, Alistair was able to rule out two things in that very moment.

One: Daphne had truly no idea of Rowan’s family connections, which meant she had no actual intentions of going after the Blackwood fortune.

Two: Due to the first implication, this also meant that whatever feelings she shared for Rowan were purely genuine, and not driven by some other ...