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.

at me and spotted

the signet on that ring is the King’s official seal,” Julian said. “It had gone missing from his private chambers many months back. I bet if we looked

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

“I have much to think about and need to do

alone.”

looking at him. I did too,

his arm for me. When I accepted it,

the hallway.

said to Nathan, though he ignored

him. “See

breath, then disappeared into the sitting room with the

until we were far from where the

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from his interrogation of me. He had

This is exactly why Nicholas should 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.

that I was

was clearly still angry about the brothers’

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