Dorian's Report

Sophia's POV

Dorian came to the castle eight days after the forest ride.

He came alone, on horseback, without advance notice — the specific, particular mode of a man who has information that he has decided requires personal delivery rather than messenger. I had known Dorian long enough to understand the difference between his formal arrivals, which were preceded by protocol and accompanied by at least a small retinue, and his informal ones, which were exactly this: a single ...