Kalan listened to Aria and tried his best not to cringe with every word she spoke. She had her arm flung over his, and she stared up at him with adoring eyes. Anger swirled inside him, and he held it in. He was surprised that Ruhuikar wasn't reacting to this. He lay silent within him as if he wasn’t there. Kalan wondered what he was thinking. The only time his monster seemed to react was when Mystic was close by. Other than that, he let him deal with the bullshit that was happening in his life. Kalan sighed as the nobles swarmed all around them as they made their way to the garden.
He hated that he had to do this – be happy and act like the host when he wanted to fling Aria away from him. And send her and her family back where they came from. But he couldn’t do that. Kalan sighed as they
