Chapter 96

Third Person’s POV

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At the camp on the southern border, Adelaide was anxious as she strode toward Alpha Lance’s tent.

Lance was intently sculpting something, his focus so intense it was as if he and that creation were the only things in the world.

Upon hearing Adelaide’s arrival, he paused briefly before covering his work with a silk cloth and instructing his adjutant, Tommy, “Let her in.”

Tommy hesitated, his ears twitching.

“I just saw Ulrik head to Adelaide’s tent. She’s likely here to plead for Velda,” he said.

Lance’s gaze sharpened. “Do you think Adelaide would plead for Velda?”

Tommy scratched his head, confusion etched on his face. “Maybe she wants to win Ulrik back?”

Lance chuckled, a hint of amusement in his voice, and beckoned Tommy closer. “Come here.”

Tommy stepped forward, then squatted as Lance instructed.

Lance’s smile deepened. “Come closer and squat down. I think there’s something on your face,” he said.

Tommy instinctively touched his face but found nothing. However, obeying Lance’s command, he squatted down.

slapped Tommy across the face and roared,

wide–eyed and bewildered.

his carving knife, his tone icy. “Adelaide seek Ulrik’s favor?

in frustration, and Lance

a word of this reach others, I’ll flay

Tommy shuddered, nodding hastily.

Lance hadn’t forgotten

now Adelaide’s bond with Ulrik was broken.

her, and his

seen Adelaide and Ulrik talk at length; she must be here to plead. Why wouldn’t

it?

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entered, noticing Tommy’s odd glance and feeling a

Tommy, embarrassed, forced a laugh and

but stayed close, eavesdropping

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then.”

faint glance at the door. He thought to himself how obvious

Tommy’s presence outside the

sitting down, she used her eyes to ask Lance about it and pointed at the door to

waved it off. “Ignore him.

capital, may I visit the place where my father and

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