“What happened to you?” Jaren asked his cousin. With a sly look at Kiva, Caldon answered, “Your girlfriend stabbed me.” Kiva flushed as everyone turned to her—the guards, the royals, and the healer. “It was an accident,” she said, ignoring the girlfriend remark entirely. Frowning at Caldon, she warned, “But at this rate, the next time won’t be.”
