_Kael's POV_
I didn’t sleep that night. I could not rest, not after what had happened at the engagement party.
Even after my parents agreed to punish Roxanne, I couldn’t calm the storm in my chest. I had waited, eavesdropping on their argument, thinking it would bring me peace. It hadn’t. It just made me angrier.
They had summoned Roxanne to the study. I wasn’t allowed in the room, but I stood just outside, pretending to be on my phone. I heard everything.
“Roxanne,” my mother said coldly, her eyes narrowing, “you will apologize for what you did and promise that something like this will never happen again. You are never to take anything that doesn’t belong to you. Do you understand me?”
Roxanne lowered her head. Her voice was barely above a whisper. “Yes, Luna Grace. I promise it won
