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."

not even glancing his way. "I don't

moved into my path, halting my steps. "You're worried about Princess

they treat people like her there? Divorced. Once shamed. Now on the

ran a hand down my face and added, "My mother. The Grand Princess. Bryson's family... That party is

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

me. "Of course they are. Elena is twice the person most of them will ever be. But it's

"Do you want

waiting even

and be hated by her if she saw me sending someone to spy on

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Chapter 139

shaking my head as my worry intensified. "I'm done

banquet hall. Tyson followed a few paces behind, but I could hear the nervous shift in his steps. We had barely rounded

she is,"

And there she was.

regal, her

She looked radiant.

from my lips. "She did

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

smiled, warmth and pride stirring in my chest. "After everything she's been through... no one on

him silently. He gave me a sly, knowing

down the hallway. She turned her head

lighting up a little when she

party?" I

eyes, exhaling a laugh through her nose. "It was...

brow. "That doesn't sound