The Wilmot siblings whipped their head around to see where Calhoun was. Sophie was angry when she had seen Markus leaving a kiss on the back of the human's hand, making her follow him to question his true motives.
When Calhoun stepped forward from the shadows that had engulfed him, Markus cursed Sophie's big mouth in his mind. She had the habit of intruding on things that didn't involve her directly. His mother had put him to work while leaving Sophie in the dark. He wondered how much of the conversation Calhoun had heard as the King stepped forward to where they were.
"Markus, my favourite cousin," remarked Calhoun with a bright smile, his lips pulling up, "I didn't know you were wooing the girl."
