After finishing our tea, Corvina goes to the border with Logan and Matthew to put up the protection spell while I follow Hendrick, who informs Cayden about what Corvina said.

We find him in his office, surrounded by high piles of paper.

“Don’t you want to take a break?” I ask him, hugging his shoulders.

He leans back into my embrace, taking a deep sigh. “There is so much to do, and everyone just wanting to have a piece of you is driving me insane. So, yes, I’d love to. But I can’t.”

Kissing my arm, he looks up at Hendrick. “Why don’t you tell Fynn to go fetch Christopher...