Chapter 728

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TYING LOOSE ENDS DUKE THESIO sir, I saw everything from the shadows.

Luckily, I hadnt entered the camp yet.

They came like a plague and wiped out our men! The Duke of Everhart led the charge...

listened to my soldiers report, pacing like a caged beast inside my study.

He hadnt even had time to warn Arthur about the retreat.

Truth be told, deep down, I was relieved they had Killed him rather than taken him hostage as a witness.

Now, he could serve as my scapegoat.

Twould deny everything.

It was better to be seen as an incompetent Duke than to be linked to witchcraft and my plans to ruin Elliot.

Damn it! BAM! Tkicked the chair in fury.

invested in raw materials and bribes, and what I stole from Elliot barely compensated for itit

the Regents men would pay

Knock, knock, knock.

froze at the sound

soldier and motioned for him to open

someone is asking

to disturb me! Are you deaf? I stormed toward the door and

to see the woman

her heavy hood, revealing her

for disturbing

for a moment.

here, on my lands, told me she had considered

dear, I must finish something

in the private

the lady

and for the first time since I had known her, I saw

as she walked

that Brenda was inside my castle, an idea

But first things first.

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