“Then what can I do for you?”
“Just wanted to talk to you a moment.” He gestured to a room, opening the door to check it was clear before stepping inside. It was one of the many sitting rooms in the palace.
“I just wanted to talk to you about the princes’ cousins.”
“Oh right, I saw your report that they’d arrived. Is there anything you wanted to add?”
“Yeah.” He rubbed his hand over the back of his head. He looked unusually uncertain. “The youngest cousin, Jeric, has been throwing his weight around a bit, demanding shit. Causing some trouble.”
“Anything you can’t handle?”
“Of course not. Just wanted you to know.”
Caleb nodded. “Good. Let me know if that changes or you need any help with anything. Well, I best go.”
Talk about awkward.
When he returned to their house, it was surprisingly quiet. He strode into the master bedroom, which the guys would have given to Vivi, to find Wolfe pacing up and down outside the closed bathroom door.
“Everything okay?” he asked.
“Vivi’s taking a bath,” Wolfe said tensely.
Caleb raised an eyebrow. “And that’s a problem?”
“I don’t like closed doors between us,” he muttered. “She wouldn’t let me stay in there with her. What if she falls asleep and drowns? What if she slips and cracks her head open?”
“Is the door locked?” Caleb asked.
Wolfe shook his head. “Not locked.”
He knew that Wolfe’s reaction likely had something to do with his messed-up childhood.
“Then you can get in at any time, can’t you?”
Wolfe nodded, his gaze still intent on the door.
“She got in the bath on her own?” How did she manage that with an injured ankle?
“No, Aleki helped her while I was unpacking and arranging things. But now she won’t let me in.”
Which was tearing Wolfe up. He had to calm him down.
“Where is Aleki?” he asked.
“Making her a pie.”
He should have known. Moving to the door, he knocked.
“Wolfe, I’m fine,” she called out. “Stop pacing and go relax.”
“It’s Caleb,” he called out.
“Oh. Well, I’m still fine.”
“That’s good. I know having a bath probably feels good, but you need to eat and the palace doctor will be here soon.”
“All right,” she mumbled.