Chapter 15. The Invite

Feelings stirred, emotion flared. Guilt weighed heavier because he was gone. My oldest friend and best general left because I couldn't love him the way he wanted me to.

Basilea showered me with her affection, she pushed me to go and find him. Though my stubbornness made me lose track of him. Titus had searched high and low but failed to find him.

Today, I've accepted the notion that Magnus didn't want to be found, and I was okay with it and decided to focus on my little demon instead.

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"I thought you hated Ranulf, are you sure about this?" Basilea asked for the second time. She looked worried that I was still holding a grudge against the king for claiming Rain as his mate. The truth was it has been long since I thought about the wolf, not since Basilea warmed my bed.

"He invited me, maybe he's avoiding war or he was just trying to play nice. Titus said the information about my last attempted murder by Savaric had