Malrik POV

“Do you have witnesses?”

My tone came out calm too calm. Because if anyone else had seen what she claimed, then I was staring at something far worse than my aunt’s paranoia.

Much worse.

She shook her head slowly. “No. It was only the two of us.”

Relief coursed through me, though I didn’t let it touch my expression. Instead, I leaned back in my chair, exhaling in a way that suggested I found the whole conversation ridiculous.

“Are you even sure this happened?” ...