They thought he ran away.

He didn’t.

He was, of course, going to take Lucy with him without causing a scene—even though he was sure Falcon expected him to.

Kain was crouched on top of a fence that gave him a direct view of Kyle and Lucy entering one of the special master's bedrooms in his father's castle. Thankfully, the curtains were open, wide enough for him to see Falcon handing Kyle and Lucy their mating gift: a bottle of red wine to celebrate.

He watched Lucy nervously sit on the bed while Kyle opened the bottle and poured her a glass. She gulped it down in one shot and...