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.

Then, teasingly, she added, “How do I convince him no harm will come to

It does not work.”

was born when the grand king was still feral, so he grew up on stones and legends. Tales of Daemonikai the Cruel,

smile lingered on Emeriel’s face

only imagine what’s going through

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

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still the same,” she murmured, staring at the rows of

“I miss this place.”

“I knew you would.”

where he stood, simply watching her, content to observe as she moved from one flower bed to another.

lord,” she said suddenly, her

new female

Herod arched a brow.

you,” she continued, plucking

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

am not lonely.” Had it been anyone else, Herod would have given them that standard answer.

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