Chapter 678:

“Why are you looking at me like that?” she slanted her head, bewildered.

“No reason.” Herod blinked, shaking off his thoughts.

“Forgive me.”

Herod caught yet another worker stealing glances at her before hurrying off.

“My workers are intrigued. They find it difficult to believe the Galilea they once knew… is now the grand king’s female.”

“I see the way they look at me. And then there is your son.” She looked over her shoulder.

“He seems determined to follow us for the rest of the day.”

Herod, already knowing what he would see, breathed deeply before he looked.

Sure enough, 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 feigned deep interest in the sky, as if that had been his focus all along.

Herod pinched the bridge of his nose.

“Ignore him.”

Emeriel chuckled.

good male.” Then, teasingly, she added, “How do I convince him no harm will come to his father for being friends

It does not work.”

up on stones and legends. Tales of Daemonikai the Cruel, Daemonikai

Emeriel’s face as she

only imagine what’s going

stepped into the garden, the scent of fresh flowers drifting through the evening air, and

𝖋𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍

the rows

“I miss this place.”

“I knew you would.”

to observe as she moved from one flower bed to another. She grazed the petals, caressing them with reverence, whispering quiet words to them he could

she said suddenly, her tone light as she

new female in

Herod arched a brow.

worry about you,” she continued, plucking a rose and bringing it to her

you had someone new in your life, a companion to share

not lonely.” Had it been anyone else, Herod would have given them that standard answer. But Emeriel was not just

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