60. Will you tell me what ails you?

"Yes"

Selene looked at Henry and took a step back. Not even in his strangest moments did he think Henry was capable of such a thing, but he had been wrong.

"I don't know how she can be so blind to you, Henry," she said with some difficulty.

"This is not my fault, Selene. If you have to find a culprit, look at the man next to you and you'll find him," he said with a slight smile.

Selene clenched her hands into two fists, her jaw clenched, and a growl almost came out of her throat.

"Don't blame Frederick for your actions, Henry. You're not a gentleman like you've pretended to be all this time, you're not the man I thought and felt sorry for," he said, tapping at the Duke's pride.

Henry's features changed as he heard Selene's words.

"Shame?" He asked, anger in his voice.

"Yes, you lived complaining about the mistreatment your cousin gave you and the humiliations to which you were subjected; However, I've been in this castle long enough to know that nothing you said was true. Frederick is