My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calcraft)

Chapter 1914

Inside a grand and majestic palace, an elegantly dressed woman was sipping her coffee gracefully.

"Let me in!" A hoarse and almost tired voice came from outside the palace.

Several guards tried to restrain the person who shouted, but the man simply pushed through them. He ended up dragging two guards with him as he barged into the room. "What is all this commotion about?" the woman seated on the throne asked calmly.

The man shrugged off the guards and then knelt solemnly before the woman.

"Your Majesty! Members of the Illuminion are not to be trusted! It's a conspiracy!" he declared urgently and then proceeded to recount his observations and his sister's plight.

"If they truly are messengers of the gods, how could my sister and the Knights of Stark meet such a fate? They're more like demons!"

"That's enough," the queen said calmly, setting her coffee aside. She closed her eyes slightly and leaned back in her chair.

"Sir Sven, I understand your concerns. However, had they not been acting of their own volition? Wasn't it their choice to join the Illuminion?"

"No! My sister, she... she must have been bewitched! Your Majesty, please believe me! They must have used some kind of magic! She couldn't have "

the queen interrupted, maintaining

recognition of your past services to the kingdom, I won't hold you accountable for this transgression. Please stand down,"

"I said, stand down."

the palace. Sven could do nothing but leave obediently. Despite everything, he had nothing but absolute

A hoarse voice

around to see an elderly beggar-like

"What is it?"

everything,"

you talking

know what you want to know... about... the

widened. "Who...

and redeemed. I greedily swallowed their presence, and in

What gods?" Sven asked,

confusing for a staunc

believed in

see and feel.