Mercy for a traitor

Alari's pov

I'd been expecting a note the next day but was quite disappointed?... Pleased! I was pleased that the biggest threat to my life and Kingdom hadn't accessed my bedroom.

But it did leave me anxious to know when we'd hear from her again, or was increasing security the right move to make?

As much as I wanted to believe that we had countered our enemy's attack pretty good, it felt like I was waiting for the other shoe to drop.

And I wasn't disappointed… and maybe a little excited I was right.

It had been quiet for two days after the first note and just when I was expecting the day to go without a hitch, I found another one.

A sticky note on the sliding door leading out to the balcony, which was open by the way and I knew it couldn't have been Damien who opened it.

We'd left the room together like we'd been doing since the first note and only seperated when I came to shower if he had something important to attend to.

One thing I was happy about was that it didn't quite shak