Claire’s POV
Leo and I sat down to breakfast. Leo sat at the farthest end of the table he could get away from Daphne. I sat on the inside of him, trying to give him comfort while blocking Daphne’s view of him.
The tension was thick. Leo stared hard at his plate like he was hoping Daphne and Justin would just disappear.
Things only got worse when Gideon arrived. Sighing, he took his usual place at the head of the table. Justin openly glared at him. Daphne just smiled.
She’d been doing that a lot lately, acting like she had won some kind of prize. I supposed she had. In finding her fated mate with Justin, she had escaped her own prosecution, and now she was treated like the princess she had always wanted to be.
I didn’t know why she couldn’t just revel in her good fortune and leave the
