_Author’s POV_
Calden’s gaze was fixed on Zarelle though his words were directed at Elsa, his voice steady but urgent. “Miss Sterling, I served together in the were army with your brother Daelen. Thessaly was his girlfriend, and before he passed away, he entrusted her to my care.”
He watched Zarelle’s face carefully, hoping she could catch on, desperate for some flicker of understanding.
His answer was an explanation for his actions towards Thessaly, a clarification long overdue.
He wanted Zarelle to understand that his care for Thessaly was born out of duty, not love, a promise to a fallen brother, nothing more.
He had never betrayed Zarelle throughout their marriage, at least not in the way she thought.
‘Tell her the truth,’ Kelson urged. ‘Tell her everything. About h
