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

gone missing from his private chambers many months

the ring round and around in his fingers, like he couldn’t believe he was holding such

“I have

alone.”

bowed, despite the King no longer looking at him. I did

out his arm for me. When I accepted it, he lead me through the door and

the hallway.

though he ignored me to glare openly at

waved at him. “See

huffed a sharp breath, then disappeared into the sitting room with the

we were far from where the King was

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gain from his interrogation of me. He had clearly come

have included me in his earlier confrontation with our parents,” Julian said. “If I had presented that ring sooner, father might have been decent enough to leave you out

I looked down, embarrassed.

said. “He resented that I was

angry about the brothers’ earlier

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