Chapter 192 Something is blooming

William stayed with Martin until it was time to take his body away. He stood with his brother’s blood drenched over his clothes as if he’d just came out of a pool of it. Doris didn’t realize the crowd had thinned out around them until she glanced around.

Only a few guards remained as if they didn’t know what else to do. Enzo stood near the back of the room and Beth was outside of it as if she couldn’t stand being inside. Doris didn’t blame her in the slightest. She would have done the same.

Doris hesitantly stepped up to William, but he refused to lift his gaze to her. He looked out of it. As if he left his body and there was only a hollow shell walking around in his place. It pained her to see him that way. 2 “Let’s go back to the camp…” Doris whispered. It was too soon to go back to the palace, she was afraid it would all fall in on him if they did something like that. “We don’t have to be here anymore.”

William said nothing. Doris reached her hand out for him but he walked right past her and out of the door as if she was a ghost. Enzo watched him leave and looked back at her with a look that was almost as helpless as she felt. They didn’t know how to comfort him.

Doris followed William out and gripped Beth’s hand to pull her along. This house was tainted with trauma, she wanted them all out of here before things turned worse. If that was even possible.

make Doris wince but she didn’t mind one bit. The guards watched William as he walked right out the door with the blood of their leader

back to the palace to

like this. An invisible weight fell on his shoulders and she wished she could take

get their own funeral. It seemed sick to think of it so soon. Only that morning he had told her that he wanted her to stay with him forever and now he was… gone. Just like that. A horrible ache tried to rip her chest open, but she swallowed it down before anyone could see it on her face. Martin was once her favorite prince. She thought he was the kindest, most wonderful man. How

when she didn’t look too

the carriage before he exited himself and went straight to their tent without a word. His clothes were still stained with red, everyone at the camp silently stared as he passed by. They were wise to stay silent. Beth took Doris’s hand and pulled her towards the path they usually walked on in the mornings. “I should go check on him-“ “Give him a moment alone, he needs to process what happens before he can talk about it.” Beth said gently. They walked along the path quietly until they got far enough away from everyone’s eyes. Doris was

like to have a healthy family. Eventually.” “I’m worried that this will weigh on him for a long time. He only has Daniel and his father left, but even his father isn’t doing well. Everyone said he was on his death bed.” Doris frowned. “I hope he gets the chance to make things right with him before he passes. His father owes him an apology and so much more.” “This war might show William as the villain to others, to his own father.” Beth said quietly. She glanced back over her

Beth was right, this may have made it even harder to gain the trust of the people he needed it

ask you something?” Beth said suddenly. “There’s been something on my mind since we left the

nodded. “Of course you can,

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