{Ronan’s POV}

It felt like a lifetime away from home.

With the honeymoon, and the underlying mystery I needed to solve. Let's not forget all the complications that came from just that… it felt like we were in another world entirely.

To be fair, we were.

Needless to say. It felt good to be back home, and not just be outside looking in.

‘Goodness me. That took forever.’

The city had its own feel. Different from the wilderness, different from the cottage on the hillside in a different country. And everything else really.

The estate walls rose high as we passed through the gates, the familiar ironwork shining faintly under...