2/2

Chapter 0260

Chapter 0260

+25 BONUS

“Make a move against him.”

The words made my heart stutter, leaving ine nearly breathless. My chest tightened, and for a moment, the room seemed to spin.

Alexander’s hand was on my shoulder suddenly, grounding ne. His steady voice broke through the fog as he thanked the king.

I opened my mouth, trying to respond, but my throat felt so dry that no words came out.

The king’s gaze softened as he looked at me, clearly recognizing the panic in my expression.

“Don’t worry,” he said gently. “I’ll make sure this is finalized before I step down. There will be no chance for David to worm his way out of this.”

“Okay,” I managed weakly. “Thank you.”

The king nodded, then turned his attention to Alexander. “Am I right in assuming that you plan to run in the election?”

“That’s right,” Alexander confirmed; his tone calm and assured.

“I wish you the best of luck,” the king said with a small smile. “I’m sure you understand-”

“It’s better not to name a successor,” Alexander interjected smoothly. “I’m not offended in any way.”

The king gave a satisfied nod, his respect for Alexander evident in his expression.

always reach out to me should you need anything,” the king said. “For now, I’m afraid I need to get back to work. This announcement isn’t going to stay between us for long, and

replied. “We

and then the king turned and

we were alone, Alexander pulled me

feeling unsteady, as though my legs might give out. Having Alexander offer his strength like this meant more to me

body. After a moment, I heard him speak,

murmured. “There’s a lot to process, but I promise you, things are going to

just… David has proven to be dangerous. I don’t know what he’s going to

anger. “I’m not going to let anything happen to you again. I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure he can’t get

spilling out in a rush. “He has people supporting him—and they’ll keep supporting him if he chooses to run for king, which we know he will. And besides that, we don’t even know how many other spies he might have. Dr.

his touch soothing. “Take

1/3

+25 BONUS

Chapter 0260

but I could hear the panic in my own voice as I spoke. His calm

my thundering heart to calm

I would have felt embarrassed by such an

I’ll speak with James to see who he thinks

right? If we start acting like this, it might tip him off. Besides, we already increased security

look happy with my response, but he nodded in reluctant

been any news about Dr. McIntyre?” I asked cautiously.

about it in the car,” he said. “It’s best not to get into it here when someone could walk in at any moment.”

realized we were still standing in the meeting room. Together, we walked out to the car, Alexander opening

back, Alexander pulled out his phone. After a moment of tapping on the screen, he

of a woman I immediately recognized as Dr. McIntyre–but

read aloud, looking at Alexander

her real name,” he explained. “We’ve been digging into

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255