With so much on her mind, Grace couldn't sleep. She rose, pulling a shawl over her shoulders, and walked with Lyra to Caden's chambers.Silently, she dismissed the attendants keeping watch over him for the night. Taking a seat by his bedside, her gaze fell upon her son's delicate, youthful face. He seemed to be having a nightmare. Even with his eyes closed, she could feel the fear emanating from him.She let out a quiet sigh, a flicker of vexation rising within her.Asher—that was the middle name Trevor had chosen for Caden, one meant to instill virtue and teach him kindness and humility. But in truth, it was a name meant to make him docile, to mold him into a man who would yield and never fight, forever content in the shadow of others.Why should he settle for that?Her son had every advantage but birthright. In every way, he surpassed Kylie's son.It was not that Grace wished to fight, but without a fight, there was no survival.Kylie was narrow-minded, selfish to the extreme,
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