Chapter 33

"You don't have to get yourself worked up about Reyna" Simon chuckles wondering why Alan gulped cup of whiskey after cup of whiskey. He was tensed and he tried to ease off his tension with the whiskey but he couldn't.

"She did what she did to protect herself" Simon stutters as Alan disagrees with his words, belching loudly.

"To the detriment of a dead maid and six soldiers," Simon knew that Reyna committed a grave crime but he was tasked with the responsibility of protecting Reyna as per Freya's wish.

"You killed the maid" Simon retorts,

"And you killed the guards" Alex had to make him feel like I wasn't the only one that killed.

"You made me kill them because I protected the Elder you were about to send to the dungeon, I couldn't stand and let that happen" Simon had his line of defense for the soldiers he killed.

"Well I killed that maid to protect my interest because I felt deceived and I should have killed Reyna in the same manner" Alan had his reasons.

Why would mere subjects de