Ren pulled away from his chest, her expression distant and unreadable. "I'll come with you," she answered but her voice was flat.
Kai narrowed his eyes. "Wife… are you angry with me?"
"No, but from now on, be honest with me. Why did Lutherieth attack here?"
Kai gently brushed his thumb along her cheek. "King Benkin made a deal with my father. The King's daughter must marry one of his sons. He gave him Sunkiath in hopes of making him a conqueror… to draw Anarya's father out. His plan for meeting Anarya and luring her took him decades. But he didn't understand, that's not how the Fae accepted someone. He might have made her love him, but the Fae King didn't care about love."
Ren fell silent. She could guess the rest, but she wanted to hear it from him.
