CAELLUM’S POV

I had returned to my chambers after a gruesome training with my men. 

It’s been a while since I did it with them and I could see the surprise on their faces when I suddenly told them Beta Matteo would not be joining us for a while. 

I’d sent him to take the reins of the business in Iraq and not return until I sent word. I had expected him to put up a fight, to say something about how sudden and unplanned the mission was and grant me a valid reason to put him down but he didn’t. 

In the typical Matteo manner, he left immediately, no...