An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

“Help me?” Surprised to hear that, Dustin appeared skeptical. “With your identity, Your Highness, I reckon it’d be better if you stayed out of it.”

It was clear that the upheaval in Aylka a decade ago could not have happened without royalties backing the mastermind And Eloise was royalty up. herself. Dustin found it hard to believe that she’d help him.

“What? Do you think I’m incapable of helping you, or do you simply not trust me?” Eloise asked.

“I’m just afraid of troubling you,” Dustin answered vaguely. “I understand where your concerns are coming from, Logan. But I’m sincere in offering my help.”

Eloise looked at him earnestly as she said, “I am no longer the eldest princess of Dragonmarsh. I am now the Princess Consort of Theswe, your stepmother.

“We are a family, and what you do affects me too. I think what I’m saying.” you understand “I get it, but I’m just curious how exactly you plan on helping me?” Dustin asked.

“We have been secretly looking into what happened all those years ago and gathered lots of information about it.

“Though we have yet to identify the real mastermind behind it all, we have some inkling.” Eloise pulled out a letter and placed it on the table as she spoke.

upheaval, apart from you and the Drunken Maniac, “He might be able to help you figure out

is it?” Dustin

Shaffer,” Eloise told

team of personal guards, and

with no regard for his own safety. Then, when

by them. He had thought that Cinna had surely died then. Now

wounded, he was strong enough to endure

still alive! That’s great news!” Dustin

is he now? Can I meet

you can find his address here on the letter. But I’m afraid it wouldn’t be easy for you to meet

you mean? Has he been captured?” Dustin frowned. “It’s not that he’s been captured. It’s just that after the fight, Cinna had been terribly

state

state and unable to move for ten years was pure torture beyond what any man

in a vegetative state, how can he help Logan figure out the truth? It’d be good