We ate in silence, and she appreciated the food but ate slowly. "So, are you king now?" She asked, and something in her eyes revealed that she knew the truth. She must have had a lengthy discussion with Gezel and Erica. I wondered what they might have told her. "Not yet, King Frederick is opposing

"This is all my fault. Had I been there to guide you all these years, none of this would have happened. I need you to listen to me, Niko. You couldn't have fought for all of this, received battle scars, and lost comrades to throw it all away for a woman," she said, pointing at the scar on my left ey

"What?" Lisa said, sounding a bit angry and looking at me. "Ania was there; she saw how the woman behaved. She was disgusted by our scent alone. You should be worried, Aliana. That woman is not a good person. Feral or not, I think we messed with the mercy of the goddess by nursing her to health," s

He was yet to be home, so we moved past it. Lisa looked at the bracelet and touched it gently. "I wish someone would do something this nice for me. It would be romantic," She said with a dreamy voice, and we all giggled. For someone so pessimistic, she sounded too wistful to be true. Her cheeks

I looked for a hiding place, but it was too late because the woman had seen me. Our eyes locked briefly, and I immediately bowed my head. "Is that the whore?" She asked Gezel, and I heard Gezel answer her. "Yes, your majesty," I wanted to laugh, but I held my tongue. The illusion of the woman be