08

Kian’s Pov

"She belongs to Maddox."

William's words were still fresh in my head, replaying every now and then, spinning my thoughts around in a multitude of ways, in multiple directions.

Maddox and I have maintained a coexisting relationship for years. I don’t meddle in his affairs, he doesn’t meddle in mine either. However, his claim to Lessie has put a halt to the many years of ceasefire we’ve had.

Williams equally told me that Maddox invited me for a meeting concerning the girl whose name I have found out, is Lessia.

“Do you need to go? Why don’t you just send her back to him and forget she ever existed. She is a nobody after all.” Williams had suggested, but it was more like a warning. He didn’t want me to break the truce because of some slave girl.

It was true that Maddox and I go a long way back, our families as well, and it was a rather troublesome past. But for this reason, I had to meet him. We had successfully stayed out of each other's tracks for years because of how grue