_Kaelen's POV_
I expected Rowena to flinch.
I expected panic, denial—some sign that I had finally exposed the truth she had hidden beneath all that cold dignity.
Instead, anger flashed across her face.
Not guilt.
Anger.
"You accused the Alpha King of corrupting a royal proceeding because you cannot accept that I want to leave you."
She stepped toward me, her chin lifted.
The black-silver restraint around my wrist remained quiet. She had come closer of her own will, but there was nothing intimate in the distance she closed.
Only fury.
"I was faithful to you for three years," she said. "You returned carrying another woman's child and tried to force yourself on me. Be very careful which of us you accuse of betrayal."
"You expect me to believe Alaric's interest in you has nothing to
