This time, Killian told himself that he wasn’t going to let any rift come between them again, and so he tossed the last words she had uttered at him in the trash, trying everything possible to wear down her defenses.
But it seemed he had forgotten who he was dealing with.
Forgotten how much of a stubborn headed mule she was, how much of a stubborn mule she could be.
The lengths Kendra had gone in the past two days to stay away from him were crazy. She was gone all, day, only to return at night. He practically camped at her door, but he never got to see her.
One maid had given him a hint that she had been hiding in the library as well, but it seemed word had gotten to her that he knew, for she had stopped showing up there altogether.
All of this, combined with training for the upcom
