"I had been considering asking your husband to take on similar responsibilities. Or is that too much bullying?"
For several heartbeats after Ashlynn's question, silence dominated the sitting room. Lady Sorcha's mouth closed with a click and for a moment, she couldn't find words at all.
"Sorcha," Wes said, laying a hand on his wife's knee and giving it a gentle squeeze. "I think we may have been mistaken," he said, generously including himself alongside her. "Perhaps we should listen to what her Dominion has to say," he suggested.
"But, but what about Lady Jocelynn?" Sorcha asked as she shook herself free of the momentary shock. Hearing that Lady Ashlynn had kind intentions for Erling and her husband helped, but it failed to put her heart completely at rest. "The knights won't let anyone close to her room, just like it was when the Inquisition took her. And Lady Adala…"
