Maddox P.O.V. 

After spending decades on the battleground alone, I could sniff any danger miles away. That was the case when I heard about the last service for witch Caroline. Sending my Kitten away was my topmost security measure.  

As a King, I had done so much to deserve the wrath from my enemies, but my Erasthai was innocent. She wasn’t supposed to lose anything just because of my past. 

But to whom was I kidding? 

Kitten waved at me from outside the window, I could hear her tiny voice in all that hullabaloo. 

“I’ll follow you to the death, Maddox!” 

Was I really that lucky? 

For a moment, the...