“Younger brother?” Eldrick blinked in confusion when he heard Miranda's feeble voice. “Why didn’t I know about Zaina’s brother?” He narrowed his eyes at the girl who, instantly, cowered seeing the Lord’scowl. She could not comprehend his expression, especially when the man had his lips pursed and face serious.
Raelynn noticed Miranda’s terrified eyes and she coughed, trying to gain her brother’s attention and the man turned to her at once, getting her signal. She shook her head, pointing her head at the girl and Eldrick immediately softened his gaze.
“Lady, I apologize for scaring you. It was not my intention to do so.” Eldrick closed his eyes trying to calm himself down. “I was surprised to know that Lady Zaina has a younger brother. I never knew about him.”
“Milord, I know where the Lady’s brother is. I have met him when I was on my mission.” Talay revealed without blinking, his brain tried to recollect the boy he had met while he was escaping from the prison. Although the lad was not young, he was not old enough to experience the torture which Talay was all too familiar with. He had stayed in Hollis for two months and had endured Dimitri’s torture, which would describe as soul tormenting. No man would make it out alive from the place once they got caught by Dimitri or his men. Talay had been blessed to have escaped from there, fortunately for the weak guards who were outside his cell.“Did you meet the boy? Did you talk to him? How
Meanwhile, on the side of the palace, Raelynn and Miranda walked slowly as they took a tour of the place. Although Raelynn tried to cheer the girl beside her, she could see her slipping in and out of her deep thoughts, every now and then. She was still apprehensive about things and her eyes were red from her tears. Raelynn knew nothing she said or did would reduce the tension, but she could not allow the girl to worry about the matters either. Her brother would take care of everything peacefully. Zaina and her brother would be safe and Eldrick would take care of Dimitri once and for all.
“Lady Miranda, you cannot leave Volar.”Talay approached the two women with a stern face. He heard everything Miranda had uttered a few seconds ago and his heart had jumped in fear on realizing that she would be leaving soon. Talay was not ready for her departure, not yet. He had no idea what he was feeling right now, but he did not want her to leave. He wanted to know her more and find out about her. Although he was not sure, he had a nagging feeling that she was the one his heart craved for.Miranda frowned in confusion and blinked at him. “Why, S
“Knight Commander Laurier has sent you a letter and it needs your immediate attention.” Raelynn took the letter from the knight and stepped aside from the group after giving a curt nod to Talay.Her expression had turned serious as soon as she had noticed the knight as it was unusual to receive a letter from Laurier, especially when he knew that she would be returning that day. ‘Unless…,” Raelynn thought in her mind and swiftly went through the contents of the letters. Although Raelynn had stepped away from them, Talay had kept an eye
Immediately after meeting the Lord, Raelynn left towards her battalion. Although Knight Commander Laurier was taking care of the matters in the East Battalion, it was her responsibility to look over the issues and solve them. Raelynn rode her horse as swift as she could, her eyes blazing with fire as she closed in towards her destination. ‘I cannot allow any more men to become victims of Dimitri’s schemes. I need to come up with a plan to find out who the spies are.’ Raelynn thought as she passed by the gates of the arena. The knights, who were pr
“Sir Warren, can you get me some cayenne powder? It’s time to make the punishment more interesting and agonizing; interesting for us, agonizing for them.” Raelynn requested politely, making sure to lower her voice. Only the three men could hear her; Raelynn made sure to keep her victims in the dark. It was a surprise for them for not cooperating with her. Although she was the Commander of the battalion, the two men beside Laurier was more capable and experienced than her. She respected them, without putting an air of arrogance in front of them. And just like Laurier, the two men too were not dejected to be led by a woman. Although at first, they were apprehensive and dubious about her skills
The first measure Raelynn took after finding out the names of the spies was to dispatch a knight to each of the battalion, providing them the list of spies. Although the East Battalion had lost seven brave men, she did not want the other three battalions to face the same disaster. Following this, she arranged for the funeral for her brave knights. They had been murdered at the peak hours of dawn and their family members had already been intimated to the issue. Now, they had to take the dead men to the burial ground so that they could give them a good farewell. In a
The next day.In Hollis, Dimitri was going man as time ticked by. The fugitive had escaped from, his prison and as each second passed, Dimitri was sure that the man had left Hollis. Otherwise, given his manpower and skilled guards, there was no way he would have caught up with him. Dimitri's paranoid mind had gone to the extent to even doubt his loyal guards and in a fit of anger, he had killed more than twelve knights.Dimitri stared at the knights he had killed, his blood thirst not satisfied by their blood on his hands. He wanted more and preferably of the man who had escaped from his kingdom. He knew who the man was; he was a spy from his enemy's kingdom ad his escape was nothing but a huge blow to his power as well as ego. Unlike his spies who were getting caught by the knights of Volar one by one, the fugitive was the first one he had ever caught in his kingdom.With a loud roar, Dimitri chopped off another guard's head, his blood splattering on his face,