Chapter 323

Chapter 323

HIGH LORD HERODIS

He had spent the entire day catching up with his dear friend.

He told Emeriel about his agricultural ventures, the farmlands he managed across the kingdom, and the quiet life he had built for himself in the years since she left.

In turn, Emeriel confided in him-about everything that had happened both in the human world and since her return.

But what floored him most? Hearing her confirm the rumors about the Grand King's mind failing again, were true.

The pain in her voice when she spoke of it touched him deeply. And the fact that she trusted him enough to speak so openly about it? That humbled him more than anything.

Now, they walked through the courtyard, heading toward the gardens. The afternoon sun was slipping away, making way for the soft hues of evening dusk.

Herod had been pondering her words all day, and no matter how he turned them over in his mind, something did not make

sense.

"May I ask you something?"

Emeriel glanced at him, then nodded. "Of course. Go ahead."

"What does the Oracle say about his feral tendencies?"

Emeriel's gaze drifted over the landscape, the setting sun casting soft shadows across her face. "She remains silent.

was expecting that, still he

because she does not see that side of things... or she does not want to interfere." she exhaled. "Anyway, I still find it

of our kind, but it does not appear without reason." Herod mused. "Our grand king's mind healed. The whole kingdom speaks of

every book I could find, yet none answers my questions or offers further insight into what should be

sorry you are

“It

carefully. She

ever. But the Emeriel standing before him now was not the same young woman who had once doubted everything. There was a confidence in her now, a conviction that had not

her bond with the grand king.

at all, yet she stood firm. Fighting for what they had, speaking with certainty.

Queen, indeed. Herod smiled,

me like

Herod blinked, shaking off his

off. "My workers are intrigued. They find it difficult to believe the Galilea they once knew...

look at me. And then there is your son." She looked over her shoulder. "He seems determined to follow us for the rest of

already knowing what he would see,

Dale leaned casually against a tree, arms folded as he nudged a small stone with the toe of his boot. When their gazes met, his son immediately

the bridge of his nose.

is a good male." Then, teasingly, she added, "How do

with his ruler's female?"

tried-repeatedly. It does not work." Herod shook his head. "Dale was born when the grand king was still feral, so he grew up on stories

going through his mind right now." They stepped into the garden, the

she murmured, staring at the rows of roses and vines woven into the trellises.

bed to another.

words suddenly, her tone light as she spared him a

Herod arched a brow.

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