Caiden glanced at Khaos and then Zuri, who was sitting next to him.

“Yeah, I killed him. I figured he is not one of the royal guards.” Caiden then pointed his finger at the man’s boats. “See? There is mud there. He is not from around the palace.”

Yes, Caiden took the blame for the death of the young guard, because Khaos told him to do so. He didn’t want the attention fell on his mate.

Meanwhile, the two of them had not yet talked about why Zuri sneaked out of the bedroom in the middle of the night. They had no time to discuss that with the dead body...