Liam frowned as a figure announced itself next to him, “I wasn’t expecting you here so soon.”
Kalbreal appeared from the air itself, sitting directly next to Liam, who had remained on the other side of the Bayou where Alexa had left him. The night sky was still, windless, regardless of the invisible and protective shields lifted. He was watching the activities that were taking place across the Saltril Lake, just to keep tabs on Clare. He wanted to make certain she was safe before he left and get his fill of her presence.
He sipped from the bottle of cognac he had brought with him, to quench his thirst as he watched the ceremony. First, he eavesdropped on Alexa and Clare’s conversation, which really rallied him in the wrong way, for reasons he didn't want to admit. And then Clare’s loss of control. When she screamed, he hated that nobody even held her, or consoled her, that made him glow. He decided to loosen his mind, as his brother Kole, solemnly would put it.