Rohan went to check on his son in Evenly's room, and seeing that the boy was asleep and had eaten, he left the room without staying there a second longer. As much as he was wounded and caught up in so many things, he didn't want to neglect his son enough to give the demon king an opportunity to creep into his young mind and manipulate him.
Evenly had wanted to ask the duke what was wrong with Belle before he left her chamber but bit it back and instead ended up asking, "Will Gwen be coming back tomorrow from the palace?"
Rohan stopped at the door at the question. "No." He would not welcome someone who had stayed in the palace for more than a month back into his home. When they were traveling, they couldn't take the maid vampiress with them, and she had gone to work at the palace until their return on the king's permission. But Rohan wouldn't risk having her back, for he knew there might be a chance of her loyalty being bought by the king to spy on his family.
