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.

extensive investigation, we discovered another survivor from the upheaval, apart from you and the Drunken Maniac, “He might be able to help you figure

Who is it?” Dustin

Eloise told him

personal guards, and he was extremely good at what he did. When they had been ambushed back then, Cinna had rushed to the forefront of, the group and fought

Cinna had cleared a way out for him with no regard for his own safety. Then, when the pursuers caught up with them, he

was eventually swallowed up by them. He had thought that Cinna had surely died then. Now that he heard that

Cinna had been badly wounded, he was strong enough to endure it, so he didn’t die. He was subsequently saved

Shaffer is still alive! That’s great

he now? Can

the letter. But I’m afraid it wouldn’t be easy for

he’s

state and has been in a

vegetative state and unable to move for

not much help, right?” Austin could help to complain. “If Cinna’s in a vegetative state, how can he help Logan figure out the truth? It’d be good enough