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He used gentle fingers to touch the thin line left behind on her cheek. “Curse him.”
Cal attempted to give him a smile. She failed miserably. “What took you so long? I was beginning to worry I’d have to rescue myself.”
He smoothed back the hair from her eyes and spoke in the slow tone he’d adopted when talking with her. “I happened upon Lady Cianve. She’d come back to ask you to walk with her but saw Eamon approach. After witnessing how he addressed you, she grew worried and sought help. She was looking for a guard when I found her.”
She pursed her lips. “I bet she was.”
He removed his hand from the compress and instead pushed her palm against it. His gaze questioned her as he lifted her in his arms. Cal wanted to protest, but her limbs quaked like a bowl of jelly. Walking was out of the question. She rested her head against his shoulder. “Eamon told me all about Cianve.”
Relian’s lips tightened. “Did he?” He leaned down to place his lips near her ear, and his breath sent all the right kind of shivers up and down her back. “Did he also mention we were nothing more than youths—teenagers, I believe you call them—at the time?”
Her throat felt raw and stiff. The waspish mood that gripped her heart lifted. “No.”
“There hasn’t been another in my life for many centuries. But even if there had been, it wouldn’t matter. You’re the only one who will fulfill that role now.”
Heat blazed from her face all the way down to her toes. Whoa, girl. Did she want that role? She didn’t know but sure as hell didn’t want to relinquish that position to someone else.
“Prince,” a voice called out.
Relian halted without turning around. “Yes, Sardon?”
“What should we do with Lord Eamon?”
“Take him away. He’s lucky to have only an arrow through the wrist. If I deal with him, he won’t live to regret what he’s done.” Relian’s arms tightened. “Punishment will be meted out later.”
A shiver crawled up her spine. Relian’s words sounded ominous, and though Eamon deserved whatever he got, she wasn’t used to violence, especially on her behalf.
