The next morning, William was out of bed and gone before she could check on him. She found him going on as normal as if nothing had happened. He ordered around his guards and continued meetings as if everything was normal. The only way she knew he was still hurting, was because he avoided her. He wouldn’t even meet her eye when she approached him.

He didn’t let her catch him alone for even a moment of comfort. He always made sure he was around someone or a group that he just couldn’t be pulled away from. She wondered if everyone else could tell how different he acted. Perhaps they...