His Remated Regret
He held a bouquet of cliff roses—blooms said to grow only on sheer, ice-bound cliffs in the harshest regions, each one worth a king's ransom.
He strode over, and as he reached me, his large hand cupped my waist, pulling me into his embrace.
"Wife, I'm back," he murmured against my forehead, pressing a kiss there before slowly turning to face Caleb.
Caleb's previous words seemed to lodge in his throat. His face went unnaturally rigid.
Under Damian's oppressive aura, the bunch of gardener's grass in Caleb's hand had somehow slipped to the ground, unnoticed.
Damian's wolf eyes narrowed, his voice dropping to a low, dangerous growl.