Chapter 0286

“Thank you, father,” Julian said with a flourishing bow. He smirked at Nathan as he entered

the room.

Nathan glared at him, but said nothing. He stepped outside the room and closed the door behind him.

Julian sauntered over to my side, stepping between the King and me.

“May I present, an item we found inside the desk alongside the letter.” Julian reached into his inside jacket pocket and produced the signet ring. He then held it out for his father.

The King’s eyes went comically wide. He snat ched it out of Julian’s hands, then turned to hold it under the light.

“This is genuine,” he said.

“It is,” Julian replied.

“You found this in Terry’s desk?”

“Yes. In a secret compartment.”

The King’s expression darkened.

me and spotted the confused

had gone missing from his private chambers many months back. I bet if we looked more closely at our records, they

round and around in his fingers, like he couldn’t believe he

then, frowning deeply. “I have much to think about

alone.”

bowed, despite the King no longer looking at

arm for me. When I accepted it,

the hallway.

to Nathan, though he ignored me to glare openly

waved at him. “See you

disappeared into the sitting room with

a few other hallways, until we

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to gain from his interrogation of me. He had clearly come into the meeting with his own ideas of what had

confrontation with our parents,” Julian said. “If I had presented that ring sooner, father might have been decent

I looked down, embarrassed.

was assigned

angry about the

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