Chapter 118: The Queen's Lover

‘THE Queen’s lover, I found out who it was. The man was no other than Valerian Willers. It doesn’t ring a bell, does it? That’s because that was not his real name. His birth name was Valerian Theodore Alvarez, he was the hybrid all of us had seen at Magnus’ birthday celebration. He was also Kenneth Alvarez’s half-brother.’

Giovanni’s report had never left my mind. I had always wondered who the heck that ‘Val’ was. It was a nickname I had heard my wife whisper in her sleep for weeks now. And every time, she would call him so sweetly.

‘Do you think he knows who she really is?’ I remembered asking Giovanni.

‘I’m guessing he didn’t. If Valerian knew, I doubt he would take her in. But now, the probability of him knowing the truth is a hundred percent.’

Alexandra told me there was nothing to be jealous about. But then every night, she would call another man’s name. Some nights, she would cry. Other nights, she would smile as if she was remembering a fond memory only the two of them knew abo