But Zarelle had talked me out of it. She'd convinced me that revenge would only keep her tied to him, and she wanted to be free. So instead of bleeding him dry like he'd done to her, we'd settled for this, a public humiliation that would cut all ties between them forever.
Still, watching him squirm was incredibly satisfying.
Calden didn't miss the hostility radiating from me, but apparently he hadn't achieved whatever purpose had brought him up here in the first place. The fool actually thought he could just waltz in here and explain himself.
He turned to Zarelle again. "I would like to expl—"
Zarelle stabbed her fork in the air, cutting him off mid-sentence. The gesture was so sharp, so final, that I smiled genuinely despite my anger.
She looked up at him with those beaut
