His Miracle Luna-the Forsaken Lycan Queen

Chapter 139

Chapter 139

Deacon's POV

Standing upright with my hands clasped behind my back, paced the length of the corridor outside the palace's eastern wing. From here, I could hear the faint echoes of music and laughter from my aunt's birthday banquet. But I couldn't hear it well enough to distinguish whether it was a laugh of enjoyment or ridicule.

I was restless.

My combat boots hit the polished marble of the hallway with an echo as I paced around the hallway, the long black coat that draped over me and was barely shielding me from the palace's cold evening breeze.

I had every intention of staying in my office tonight, busying myself with work and waiting for some passing attendant to infor me how the evening went for Elena, but my worry kept me from working.

And the moment I heard she had accepted the invitation and come to the palace, I couldn't sit still.

So before I knew it, here I was, stalking the corridor like a warrior in hostile territory.

She had been in there far too long already.

Ltrust her-truly, I did. Elena had fought battles, led warriors, endured trials most nobles couldn't even imagine in their worst nightmares. But this... this wasn't a battlefield you could conquer with a sword. This was something crueller-where words were blades and smiles were poison

Those socialite women knew how to kill without leaving blood behind.

Damn it.

A quiet curse left my lips as I clenched my jaw. The thought of her alone there, surrounded by whispering noblewomen, my mother, my aunt-the Grand Princess-gnawed at my composure.

"Your Highness," Tyson said carefully from where he leaned against the stone pillar behind me, "you've been out here for half an hour already. People are beginning to whisper."

I replied curtly, not even glancing his way. "I don't care

and moved into my path, halting my steps. "You're

worried. Do you think I don't know how they treat people like her there?

face and added, "My mother. The Grand Princess.

won't be a problem," Tyson said, offering a slight shrug. "I overheard a few of them before. They only had praise

course they are. Elena is twice the person most of them will ever be. But it's not the men I'm worried about." I gave him a sideways glance. "It's the women. Status-obsessed wolves in

you want me to check

of waiting even another minute

be hated by her if she saw

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shaking my head as my worry intensified.

corridor toward the banquet hall. Tyson followed a few paces behind, but

is,"

And there she was.

from the event hall like a queen returning from battle. Her elegant dress shimmered with every step, her posture regal, her expression unbothered- as if the venomous words and judgmental eyes hadn't even grazed her. I froze for a

She looked radiant.

exhale slipped from my lips. "She did

beside me, awed. "Princess Elena is really astonishing. I don't

stirring in my chest. "After everything she's

a nod of farewell, I dismissed him silently. He gave me a sly, knowing grin before bowing and walking off."

halfway down the hallway. She

her eyes lighting up a little when

the party?"

a laugh through her nose. "It was...

brow. "That doesn't